| 单词 | cavil |
| 释义 | cavil[ kav-uhl ] / ˈkæv əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cavil ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object), cav·iled, cav·il·ing or (especially British) cav·illed, cav·il·ling.to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. verb (used with object), cav·iled, cav·il·ing or (especially British) cav·illed, cav·il·ling.to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda. nouna trivial and annoying objection. the raising of such objections. Origin of cavil1540–50; <Latin cavillārī to jeer, scoff, quibble, verbal derivative of cavilla jesting, banter SYNONYMS FOR cavil1 carp, complain, criticize. SEE SYNONYMS FOR cavil ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM cavilWords nearby cavilcavetto, cave tubing, caviar, cavicorn, cavie, cavil, Cavill, caving, CA virus, cavitary, cavitation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cavilBritish Dictionary definitions for cavilcavil / (ˈkævɪl) / verb -ils, -illing or -illed or US -ils, -iling or -iled(intr; foll by at or about) to raise annoying petty objections; quibble; carp nouna captious trifling objection Derived forms of cavilcaviller, nouncavilling, adjectiveWord Origin for cavilC16: from Old French caviller, from Latin cavillārī to jeer, from cavilla raillery 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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