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单词 kibitz
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Definition of kibitz in English:

kibitz

verb ˈkɪbɪtsˈkɪbɪts
[no object]North American informal
  • 1Look on and offer unwelcome advice, especially at a card game.

    Brigham stood behind them, kibitzing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Who are we to kibitz from the sidelines without access to secret briefings, intelligence, knowledge, and all of the apparatus of government?
    • Relieving the tension of hours below surface, crewmen on board a U.S. Navy submarine play a round of cards while a shipmate kibitzes from his bunk.
    • It is not polite to kibitz during other people's games, unless you have permission from both players.
    • In the third act, Turai hilariously kibitzes and harasses Almady as he plays out the play within the play with Ilona.
    • You take pictures from beginning to end - lots of them inside and outside of the plane - and even if you're a pilot, stay out of the way and don't kibitz.
    • In addition to the formal legal process, a number of academics, lobbyists, journalists, and commentators have been kibitzing and barracking from the sidelines.
    • Gruff, inhospitable, and monolingual, the Russians sprawl in folding chairs, kibitz around card tables, smoke in defiance of ‘no smoking ‘signs, and studiously ignore customers who stray past their booths.
    Synonyms
    interfere, butt in, intrude, intervene, interlope, pry, poke, nose, busybody, interpose, obtrude, thrust
  • 2Speak informally; chat.

    she kibitzed with friends
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two of them are still close as they kibitz among the consumer goods.
    • I basically advised them on the accuracy of the film and verisimilitude issues, kibitzed with them.
    • Well, I guess we could kibitz a little first about the word ‘formal,’ and whether it can really be used to point to a certain sort of poem.
    • Al had the ability to kibitz with the players but he also knew when it was time to put his foot down.
    • We kibitzed about the game on Friday as he handed me a large piece of pumpkin pie that I devoured instantly.
    • During the practice round before my Masters victory in 1997, Arnold, Jack and I had the best time kibitzing over bets.
    • And as an editor there he got to kibitz and tipple with the likes of Dorothy Parker, Stephen Vincent Benet and P.G. Woodhouse.
    • There is ample room for family members to kibitz with the cook, and adequate circulation space for guests who always seem to nosh where food and drinks are being served.
    • They visit, gossip, spy and tease; and while they are so engaged, the main character snoops and kibitzes with us.
    • The division of labor appears to be Lydon upstairs and Regis downstairs, but everyone works and kibitzes with everyone else.
    • A building can be organized to maximize interaction, so that people bump into each other and talk, drink, flirt, eat, complain, kibitz.
    • They joked and kibitzed for a few minutes, and Axel was totally won over.
    • It was one way to lighten up the patients in the hospital, kibitz a little bit.

Derivatives

  • kibitzer

  • noun ˈkɪbɪtsəˈkɪbətsər
    North American informal
    • A motley crew of kibitzers, many of whom don't drive, hang out on Brochu's premises, reading tabloids, exchanging wisecracks and arguing their theories.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Any messages received by a player at the table can be seen by all players and kibitzers at the table.
      • The onlookers were amazed, and kibitzers began to gather.
      • I am as spottily informed and fiercely opinionated as the next kibitzer about these potential calamities.
      • I hope what you are dreaming of is making the world a better place, and unlike all these other kibitzers, I can tell you exactly how to do so.

Origin

1920s: Yiddish, from colloquial German, from German Kiebitz 'interfering onlooker' (literally 'lapwing').

 
 

Definition of kibitz in US English:

kibitz

verbˈkɪbɪtsˈkibits
[no object]North American informal
  • 1Look on and offer unwelcome advice, especially at a card game.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Who are we to kibitz from the sidelines without access to secret briefings, intelligence, knowledge, and all of the apparatus of government?
    • Gruff, inhospitable, and monolingual, the Russians sprawl in folding chairs, kibitz around card tables, smoke in defiance of ‘no smoking ‘signs, and studiously ignore customers who stray past their booths.
    • In the third act, Turai hilariously kibitzes and harasses Almady as he plays out the play within the play with Ilona.
    • It is not polite to kibitz during other people's games, unless you have permission from both players.
    • Relieving the tension of hours below surface, crewmen on board a U.S. Navy submarine play a round of cards while a shipmate kibitzes from his bunk.
    • You take pictures from beginning to end - lots of them inside and outside of the plane - and even if you're a pilot, stay out of the way and don't kibitz.
    • In addition to the formal legal process, a number of academics, lobbyists, journalists, and commentators have been kibitzing and barracking from the sidelines.
    Synonyms
    interfere, butt in, intrude, intervene, interlope, pry, poke, nose, busybody, interpose, obtrude, thrust
    1. 1.1 Speak informally; chat.
      she kibitzed with friends
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A building can be organized to maximize interaction, so that people bump into each other and talk, drink, flirt, eat, complain, kibitz.
      • Al had the ability to kibitz with the players but he also knew when it was time to put his foot down.
      • During the practice round before my Masters victory in 1997, Arnold, Jack and I had the best time kibitzing over bets.
      • They joked and kibitzed for a few minutes, and Axel was totally won over.
      • The division of labor appears to be Lydon upstairs and Regis downstairs, but everyone works and kibitzes with everyone else.
      • They visit, gossip, spy and tease; and while they are so engaged, the main character snoops and kibitzes with us.
      • There is ample room for family members to kibitz with the cook, and adequate circulation space for guests who always seem to nosh where food and drinks are being served.
      • It was one way to lighten up the patients in the hospital, kibitz a little bit.
      • I basically advised them on the accuracy of the film and verisimilitude issues, kibitzed with them.
      • The two of them are still close as they kibitz among the consumer goods.
      • Well, I guess we could kibitz a little first about the word ‘formal,’ and whether it can really be used to point to a certain sort of poem.
      • And as an editor there he got to kibitz and tipple with the likes of Dorothy Parker, Stephen Vincent Benet and P.G. Woodhouse.
      • We kibitzed about the game on Friday as he handed me a large piece of pumpkin pie that I devoured instantly.

Origin

1920s: Yiddish, from colloquial German, from German Kiebitz ‘interfering onlooker’ (literally ‘lapwing’).

 
 
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