bicker

• vi. 闪动；斗嘴；潺潺而流
• n. 吵嘴；口角；（水的）潺潺声
• n. (Bicker)人名；(德)比克尔

bick, 同peck, 啄。-er, 表反复。

1. a quarrel about petty points

bicker (v.)

early 14c., bikere, "to skirmish, fight," perhaps from Middle Dutch bicken "to slash, stab, attack," + -er, Middle English frequentative suffix. Meaning "to quarrel" is from mid-15c. Related: Bickered; bickering.

bicker (n.)

c. 1300, skirmish, battle; from the same source as bicker (v.). In modern use, often to describe the sound of a flight of an arrow or other repeated, loud, rapid sounds, in which sense it is perhaps at least partly echoic.

The children are always bickering about something or other.

孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。

牛津词典

I went into medicine to care for patients, not to waste time bickering over budgets...

我行医是为了治病救人，而不是浪费时间为预算问题争论不休。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The two women bickered constantly.

这两个女人经常发生口角。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A little girl, she and her mother, bicker out money at that time who did not.

有一个小女孩, 她因事和妈妈拌嘴外出,当时身上也没有带钱.

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Likes the nature the breath, the creek murmur bicker, the bird sounds.

喜欢大自然的气息, 小河潺潺流水声, 鸟儿鸣叫.

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We bicker with each other, we love working with each other.

我们互相吵嘴, 我们很喜欢和对方合作.

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As for some things all right to quarrel and bicker about, but fundamental cooperation is needed.

在一些事情上有点争吵也无妨, 但是必需在根本问题上实行合作.

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As its political leaders bicker, investors are having nightmares about its defaulting on its sovereign debt.

政党领导人之间的争斗导致投资人出现恐慌,担心乌克兰对其主权债务违约.

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Bicker: To engage in a petty, bad - tempered quarrel; squabble.

发生口角: 因坏脾气引起的小的争吵; 为琐事争吵.

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We began to bicker and argue.

我们开始争吵、争论.

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They always bicker when they meet at school.

在学校见面时他们总是争吵.

辞典例句

We bicker over household chores and who forgot to turn off the coffee machine.

我们经常会为一些烦琐的家务事而争吵,比如有人忘记关上咖啡机.

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The two brothers always bicker about whose turn it is to wash the dishes.

那两兄弟总是为谁该洗盘子而争吵.

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