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TOEFL BNC: 18512 COCA: 17073

squabble

Word family 
squab·ble /ˈskwɒbəl $ ˈskwɑː-/ verb [intransitiveI]  
ARGUEto argue about something unimportant 〔为琐事〕争吵，口角 SYN quarrel
squabble over/about
 They’re always squabbling over money.
他们老是为钱争吵。
squabble with
 He’s squabbling with the referee.
他在和裁判争吵。
► see thesaurus at argue, argument
—squabble noun [countableC]
 a petty squabble
小口角
 bitter squabbles between employers and unions
雇主和工会之间的激烈争吵
Examples from the Corpus
squabble• The city's school system, among the worst of a bad lot through the state, is full of squabbling.• The depositions touch on rumors of illegal drug use, extramarital affairs and petty squabbling.• The kids always squabble about who should do the dishes.• Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position.• Now moderate and conservative Republicans are squabbling over the interpretation.• The crime remained unique, and lawmakers were still squabbling over the ramifications.• A fist fight followed, with much shouting and squabbling, until the ragged man succeeded in driving up to the door.• Don't be tempted to mix similar species of Tanganyikan cichlids - especially Julidochromis, as they will squabble violently.• Oh, for goodness sake, stop squabbling, you two!
squabble over/about• A bill before the House signals the end of the real battle and the start of a squabble over detail.• Now moderate and conservative Republicans are squabbling over the interpretation.• As a result of that, the federal assembly spent two weeks squabbling over the issue.• The crime remained unique, and lawmakers were still squabbling over the ramifications.• At a third, two little boys squabble over the telephone, which has been unplugged.• Families sat on the wooden benches squabbling over their picnics.• So I led a peaceable life, isolated from the intermittent scientific squabbles over who had first rights to which animals.• When last we left our young testers, they were squabbling over whose turn it was to dress the potatoes.
Origin squabble
(1600-1700) Probably from a Scandinavian language
squab·ble verb
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TOEFL BNC: 18512 COCA: 17073
squabble

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SQUABBLE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤minor, petty小口角▸➤bitter, unseemly (BrE) 激烈的／不體面的爭吵▸➤domestic, family, marital家庭口角；夫婦間的爭吵➤political政治爭端▸➤internal, public內部爭執；公開爭吵VERB + SQUABBLE➤have爭吵▸➤resolve, settle解決／平息爭吵PREPOSITION➤squabble about, squabble over就⋯爭吵◇squabbles about money為錢發生的爭吵➤squabble among, squabble between⋯間的爭吵◇I always have to settle squabbles between the children.我總是得平息孩子們間的爭吵。➤squabble with與⋯的爭吵◇a squabble with her publisher over royalties就版稅問題與她的出版商產生的爭吵
TOEFL BNC: 18512 COCA: 17073
squabble verb
⇨ arguesquabble noun
⇨ argument 1
TOEFL BNC: 18512 COCA: 17073
squabble
To argue: argue, argue the toss, bandy words...
Arguments: argument, disagreement, conflict...

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