| 单词 | pettifog |
| 释义 | pettifog[ pet-ee-fog, -fawg ] / ˈpɛt iˌfɒg, -ˌfɔg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pettifog ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object), pet·ti·fogged, pet·ti·fog·ging.to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters. to carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business. to practice chicanery of any sort. Origin of pettifog1605–15; back formation from pettifogger, equivalent to petty + fogger<Middle Low German voger or Middle Dutch voeger one who arranges things; akin to Old English gefōg a joining OTHER WORDS FROM pettifogpet·ti·fog·ger, nounpet·ti·fog·ger·y, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pettifogambulance chaser, mouthpiece, pettifogger , shysterWords nearby pettifogpetticoat, petticoat breeches, petticoated, petticoat insulator, petticoat narcissus, pettifog, pettifogger, pettifogging, pettiness, petting, petting zoo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pettifog
British Dictionary definitions for pettifogpettifog / (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡ) / verb -fogs, -fogging or -fogged(intr) to be a pettifogger Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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