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quibble

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['kwɪb(ə)l]
  • 美式音标 [ˈkwɪb.əl]
  • 国际音标 ['kwibl]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • v.争论；推托；说模棱两可的话；说俏皮话；谬论
  • n.吹毛求疵；遁辞；谬论；双关话

词根记忆

  • quip(n.妙语；借口)的变体
  • 来自quib(嘲讽) + ble→吹毛求疵的反对意见

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    quibbling：吹毛求疵的。
  • n性质的同根词
    quibbling：诡辩；找碴子；吹毛求疵。
  • v性质的同根词
    quibbling：推托；说模棱两可的话（quibble的ing形式）。

英汉例句

  • Let's not quibble.
    我们别斤斤计较了。
  • Why quibble ? It just amounted to pulling an inconsiderate monkey.
    算了吧,直当是拉着个不通人情的猴子吧.
  • She's only introducing this as a quibble.
    她提出此点,纯属遁词.
  • Let's not quibble.
    我们别斤斤计较了。
  • She's only introducing this as a quibble.
    她提出此点,纯属遁词.

词组短语

    短语

  • nto quibble 狡辩
  • quibble subterfuge 因为故意躲闪或掩饰错误
  • equivocate quibble 说模棱两可的话
  • to quibble 狡辩;调嘴
  • pun quibble 有明暗两层含义的话语

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to argue about, or say you disapprove of, something that is not important
  • a complaint or criticism about something that is not very important

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • When people quibble over a small matter, they argue about it even though it is not important.
  • A quibble is a small and unimportant complaint about something.