Quibble



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.遁词; 吹毛求疵的反对意见
• ［英］ n.遁词 ( shift from the point) ; 吹毛求疵的反对意见 ( a minor objection or criticism)
• ［记］ quip ( 妙语, 借口) 的变体

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (quibbled; quibbling)

• Date: 1656
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
  • 2.
    • a. cavil, carp
    • b. bicker
• transitive verb
  • to subject to quibbles
• ? quibbler noun

II. noun

• Etymology: probably diminutive of obsolete quib quibble
• Date: 1664
• 1. an evasion of or shift from the point
• 2. a minor objection or criticism

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