bicker over
collocation为…争吵
They often bicker over the TV remote.
他们经常为电视遥控器争吵。
为琐事争吵；拌嘴
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为琐事争吵；拌嘴
To argue or quarrel about unimportant matters.
The two brothers are always bickering over trivial matters.
这两兄弟总是为琐事斗嘴。
以令人厌烦、侮辱的方式争吵
To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
争吵；颤动；闪烁(水流、光、火焰等)
To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
滴答作响
To patter.
小规模冲突；交战；打斗
To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
bicker
Base
原形
bickers
3rd person
第三人称单数
bickering
-ing
现在分词
bickered
Past
过去式
bickered
Past participle
过去分词
They bicker over small things.
他们为小事斗嘴。
They bickered all day yesterday.
他们昨天整天斗嘴。
They are bickering again.
他们又在斗嘴了。
规则动词
Stop bickering and try to solve the problem together.
别再斗嘴了，试着一起解决问题。
They bickered for hours about whose turn it was to wash the dishes.
他们为轮到谁洗碗斗嘴了好几个小时。
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为…争吵
They often bicker over the TV remote.
他们经常为电视遥控器争吵。
与…拌嘴
He bickered with his neighbor about the fence.
他为围栏的事和邻居拌嘴。
无休止地争吵
The two sides bickered endlessly without reaching an agreement.
双方无休止地争吵，始终未能达成一致。
争吵不休的情侣
The bickering couple drew everyone's attention.
那对争吵不休的情侣引起了所有人的注意。
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记忆：bicker 音似“哔咔”，想象两个人像鸟儿一样“哔咔哔咔”为小事吵个没完，即拌嘴、争吵。
语域：neutral 常见场景：family arguments、office disputes、online comment threads bicker 通常用于日常口语和一般非正式写作，指因琐事或小事没完没了地争吵，语气比 argue 随意，略带贬义；正式书面语中比较少见，更常用 argue 或 quarrel。
这些词都以 -icker 结尾，重读音节的元音与 bicker 的 /ɪkə(r)/ 相同，均押韵。注意 biker 拼写与 bicker 很相似，但读作 /ˈbaɪkər/，并不押韵。
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