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单词 hairsplitting
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
hair•split•ting /ˈhɛrˌsplɪtɪŋ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. the making of trivial distinctions.
hair•split•ter, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hair•split•ting  (hârsplit′ing),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.

adj. 
  1. characterized by such distinctions:the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate.
  • hair + splitting 1820–30
hairsplit′ter, n. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged quibbling, niggling, nitpicking, captious.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hairsplitting /ˈhɛəˌsplɪtɪŋ/ n
  1. the making of petty distinctions
adj
  1. occupied with or based on petty distinctions

ˈhairˌsplitter n
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