Squabble

(v. i.) To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

(v. i.) To debate peevishly; to dispute.

(v. t.) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.

(n.) A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.

戴维录入

• It is one of the failings of human nature to lay claim to that which somebody else has obtained, and is an old story which finds its first illustration in the squabbles of childhood. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But he represented them very essentially, they were far behind, out of date, squabbling for their material equality. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Family squabbling is the greatest evil of all, and we had better do anything than be altogether by the ears. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• They all squabbled about divisions and only killed them when they got them. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I wanted to be the one to tell you the grand surprise, and have 'first skim' as we used to say when we squabbled about the cream. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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