Word · Frequency #18512
squabble
争吵；口角；拌嘴
to argue or quarrel, especially about something unimportant
- 1.
To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.
参与小争吵或争论；争吵
- 2.
To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
使混乱,使字母或行排列歪斜,需要重新调整
弄乱（铅字或版面）；使错位；参与小争吵或争论；争吵；使混乱,使字母或行排列歪斜,需要重新调整；争吵；口角
In use
The children squabbled over the last piece of cake.
My brothers often squabble about which TV show to watch.
Stop squabbling and just share the toys.
Verb forms
base squabble · third person squabbles · -ing squabbling · past squabbled · past participle squabbled
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- squabble over
- 为……争吵（多指小事）
- The kids squabbled over the last piece of cake.孩子们为最后一块蛋糕争吵起来。
- squabble about
- 因……拌嘴
- They squabbled about whose turn it was to wash the dishes.他们为了轮到谁洗碗而拌嘴。
- squabble with
- 与……争吵
- She squabbled with her neighbour over a parking space.她为停车位的事与邻居争吵。
- squabble among themselves
- （一群人）内部争吵
- The committee squabbled among themselves for hours.委员会内部争吵了几个小时。
- squabble endlessly
- 没完没了地争吵
- The two sides squabbled endlessly without reaching an agreement.双方没完没了地争吵，未能达成协议。
- children squabble
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象两只松鼠（squirrel）为一颗坚果叽叽喳喳，这就是squabble——小争吵。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：家庭日常、儿童之间、工作讨论、新闻报道 该词通常指为小事争吵，语气比 quarrel 或 argue 轻，略带随意或轻微否定；在日常对话、轻松的文章或新闻报道中较常见，正式学术写作中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 squabble /ˈskwɒbəl/ 同韵的有 wobble、cobble、hobble、gobble（重读音节都是 /ɒ/ + /bəl/）。rabble 和 babble 拼写同为 -bble，但读作 /ˈræbəl/ 和 /ˈbæbəl/，不押韵。另注意 noble /ˈnəʊbəl/、double /ˈdʌbəl/、trouble /ˈtrʌbəl/ 等拼写相似的词发音也不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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