動變: 過去式:quibbled 過去分詞:quibbled 現在進行時:quibbling
quibble
KK:[ˈkwɪbḷ] DJ:[ˈkwibl]
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a slight objection or criticism.
- archaic a pun.
v.
argue about a trivial matter.Derivative
- quibbler n.
- quibbling adj.
- quibblingly adv.
Etymology
C17: dimin. of obs. quib ‘a petty objection’, prob. from L. quibus, dative and ablative pl. of qui, quae, quod ‘who, what, which’, freq. used in legal documents.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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