记忆方法
1. beak "鸟嘴, 喙" => bick- "stab, attack" + -er (frequentative suffix) => bicker => bickering.
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词族 · bickering
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英语词源
- bickering (n.)
- c. 1300, "a skirmish," from bicker (v.). Meaning "a verbal wrangle" is from 1570s.
- bickering (adj.)
- 1808 in the sense of "contentious," present participle adjective from bicker (v.). Earlier it was used to mean "flashing, quivering" (1660s).
权威例句
- 1. He is still bickering with the control tower over admissible approach routes.
- 他还在为可采用的进近航线与指挥塔台争执不下。
- 2. The election will end months of political bickering.
- 这次选举将会结束数月来的政治纷争。
- 3. Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart.
- 她多年来醉酒寻衅的恶习让我变得麻木。
- 4. The children are always bickering about something or other.
- 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
- 5. The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters.
- 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴.