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.爭論；推托；說模稜兩可的話；說俏皮話；謬論
n.吹毛求疵；遁辤；謬論；雙關話

词根记忆

quip(n.妙語；借口)的變躰
來自quib(嘲諷) + ble→吹毛求疵的反對意見

同根派生

adj性質的同根詞
quibbling：吹毛求疵的。
n性質的同根詞
quibbling：詭辯；找碴子；吹毛求疵。
v性質的同根詞
quibbling：推托；說模稜兩可的話（quibble的ing形式）。

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英汉例句

Let's not quibble.
我們別斤斤計較了。
Why quibble ? It just amounted to pulling an inconsiderate monkey.
算了吧,直儅是拉著個不通人情的猴子吧.
She's only introducing this as a quibble.
她提出此點,純屬遁詞.
Let's not quibble.
我們別斤斤計較了。
She's only introducing this as a quibble.
她提出此點,純屬遁詞.

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词组短语

短語

nto quibble 狡辯
quibble subterfuge 因爲故意躲閃或掩飾錯誤
equivocate quibble 說模稜兩可的話
to quibble 狡辯;調嘴
pun quibble 有明暗兩層含義的話語

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

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.