Bicker



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 为小事争吵
• ［英］ v. 为小事争吵 ( quarrel about unimportant things)
• ［例］ The children are always bickering .

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English biker
• Date: 14th century
• 1. petulant quarreling ; altercation
• 2. a sound of or as if of bickering

II. intransitive verb (bickered; bickering)

• Date: 15th century
• 1. to engage in a petulant or petty quarrel <bickering over money>
• 2.
  • a. to move with a rapidly repeated noise <a bickering stream>
  • b. quiver, flicker
• ? bickerer noun

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