单词 | kibitz |
释义 | kib·itz also kib·bitz (kĭbĭts) intr.v. kib·itzed, kib·itz·ing, kib·itz·es also kib·bitzed or kib·bitz·ing or kib·bitz·es Informal 1. To chat; converse: "[They] are very reserved people and prefer not to kibitz with strangers" (Ann Marie Sabath). 2. To offer unwanted or meddlesome advice, such as that given by the spectator of a card game. [Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from Rotwelsch (German underground argot) kibitschen, to search (a prisoner), inspect, of unknown origin.] kibitz·er n. |
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