单词	quibble
释义	quibble1 verbquibble2 noun quibblequib‧ble1 /ˈkwɪbəl/ verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE quibble Simple Form Present I, you, we, they quibble he, she, it quibbles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they quibbled Present perfect I, you, we, they have quibbled he, she, it has quibbled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had quibbled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will quibble Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have quibbled Continuous Form Present I am quibbling he, she, it is quibbling you, we, they are quibbling Past I, he, she, it was quibbling you, we, they were quibbling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been quibbling he, she, it has been quibbling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been quibbling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be quibbling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been quibbling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES She said I owed her twenty dollars. I thought it was twenty-five but I wasn't going to quibble. Why quibble over whose turn it is to buy lunch? Split it, and forget about it. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But that would be like quibbling over the mole on Cindy Crawford's cheek. Come off it, Peter - you're just quibbling. Few quibbled with the decision of those on Wall Street to serve the nation by continuing to add to its wealth. However critical some of the now-fashionable psychologists are of Chodorow, much of the give-and-take amounts to academic quibbling. Of course, there are things to quibble about, too. The one thing you can't quibble about is the voice. There was no point in quibbling over semantics so we went back to Mazzin. Whilst some might quibble with the second part of that statement, who could argue with the first? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto argue about something very unimportant► squabble to argue noisily about something that is not really important -- use this especially about children or when you think someone is behaving like a child: · Oh, for goodness sake, stop squabbling, you two!squabble about/over: · The kids always squabble about who should do the dishes. ► bicker to continually argue about something unimportant in a way that annoys other people: · Whenever we go shopping together we always start bickering.bicker about/over: · The mayor and the town council spent most of Thursday bickering over how to balance next year's budget. ► quibble to argue in an annoying way about unimportant details, especially about whether something is exactly correct: · She said I owed her twenty dollars. I thought it was twenty-five but I wasn't going to quibble.quibble over: · Why quibble over whose turn it is to buy lunch? Split it, and forget about it. ► split hairs to say that there is a difference between two things and argue about this, when really the difference is too small to be important: · Batard is a little sweeter than Chevalier but perhaps that's splitting hairs; both these wines are excellent. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► about · The one thing you can't quibble about is the voice.· Of course, there are things to quibble about, too. ► over · There was no point in quibbling over semantics so we went back to Mazzin. to argue about small unimportant detailsquibble about/over Let’s not quibble over minor details. quibble1 verbquibble2 noun quibblequibble2 noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINquibble2 Origin: 1600-1700 Probably from quib ‘quibble’ (16-17 centuries), probably from Latin quibus ‘for whom, to whom’, from qui ‘who, which’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I have a few minor quibbles about the car's performance. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But these are quibbles, and in no way detract from Jane Brown's achievement. Clinton should respond by signing on, without a quibble. Firstly a couple of minor quibbles. So let bureaucratic quibbles take care of themselves, he decided. The few quibbles with the game are technical in nature. They retail at around £14 with a no quibble 12 month guarantee. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► minor quibbles  I’ve just got a few minor quibbles. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► minor · Firstly a couple of minor quibbles.· But those are just minor quibbles.· But apart from that minor quibble, it was fine.· Yet enough of the old Frank remains to make these minor quibbles.· Overall sound quality, with this minor quibble, is in the highest class.· It is a minor quibble from a splendid weekend. a small complaint or criticism about something unimportant:  I’ve just got a few minor quibbles.
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