quibble

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.

• quibble剑桥字典
• quibble柯林斯字典