释义 |
kibitzkib‧itz /ˈkɪbɪts/ verb [intransitive] American English informal kibitzOrigin: 1900-2000 Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from kiebitz ‘lapwing’ (type of bird that makes a lot of noise) VERB TABLEkibitz |
Present | I, you, we, they | kibitz | | he, she, it | kibitzs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | kibitzed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have kibitzed | | he, she, it | has kibitzed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had kibitzed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will kibitz | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have kibitzed |
|
Present | I | am kibitzing | | he, she, it | is kibitzing | | you, we, they | are kibitzing | Past | I, he, she, it | was kibitzing | | you, we, they | were kibitzing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been kibitzing | | he, she, it | has been kibitzing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been kibitzing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be kibitzing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been kibitzing |
1to make unhelpful remarks while someone is doing something2to talk about things that everyone already knows in a boring way: incessant philosophical kibitzing—kibitzer noun [countable]: the usual crowd of kibitzers |