quibble

英['kwɪbl]美['kwɪbl]
  • 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

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    源自拉丁语quibus‘whom，which’。旧时律师在翻阅拉丁文法律文件时，常在有疑点或含糊不清的地方的页边写上quibus一词，表示质疑。16世纪从quibus产生了英语单词quib（夸已废弃不用），它的意思是“模棱两可的话”或“双关语”。17世纪时quib演变为quibble，它既可用作名词，表示“遁词”、“托词”，也可用作动词，表示“含糊其词回避问题实质”，有时也表示“（为小事）争吵”。
      verb(动词)
      1. 吹毛求疵，为小事争吵
      noun(名词)
      1. （对小事的）抱怨或批评

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 吹毛求疵，为小事争吵

      There's no point quibbling about/over a couple of dollars.

      为几块钱吵架毫无意义。

    noun(名词)
    1. （对小事的）抱怨或批评

      My only quibble is that the colour isn't very nice.

      我唯一不太满意的是颜色不太好。

    小知识

    A quibble is a small argument or fight. As a verb, it means to pick a mini-fight over something that doesn't really matter. “Let's not quibble over price,” people will say, usually when they plan to gouge you.

    It's better to watch figure skating with the sound off, rather than listening to the announcers quibble over a not-fully-rotated knee or the slightly diminished altitude of a jump. Sometimes a quibble between neighbors over two feet of property can escalate into a major feud.

    实用短语

    1. quibble over the

      咬文嚼字

    2. quibble over sth

      在某事上纠结

    3. quibble e

      遁词,吹毛求疵的反对意见

    4. to quibble

      狡辩,调嘴

    5. not to quibble

      不要狡辩

    6. pun quibble

      有明暗两层含义的话语

    7. nto quibble

      狡辩

    8. my only quibble

      唯一挑剔

    9. quibble over every penny

      锱铢必较

    单词用法

    变化形式
    复数： quibbles第三人称单数： quibbles过去式： quibbled过去分词： quibbled现在分词： quibbling

    同义词

    differ  /  criticize  /  fight

    同根词

    词根：quibble

    adj.

    quibbling吹毛求疵的

    n.

    quibbling诡辩；找碴子；吹毛求疵

    v.

    quibbling推托；说模棱两可的话（quibble的ing形式）