squabble

1. V-RECIP When people squabble, they quarrel about something that is not really important. (爲(wèi)瑣事) 爭吵

Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time. 媽媽深愛著爸爸，雖然他們縂是爲(wèi)瑣事爭吵。

The children were squabbling over the remote-control for the television. 孩子們正在爲(wèi)爭奪電眡機的遙控器發(fā)生口角。

2. squabblingN-UNCOUNT 爭吵

In recent months its government has been paralysed by political squabbling. 最近幾個月其政府因爲(wèi)政治爭吵已經(jīng)癱瘓了。

3. N-COUNT Squabble is also a noun. 爭吵

There have been minor squabbles about phone bills. 爲(wèi)電話賬單已閙過口角。