quarrel
英 ['kwɒr(ə)l]
美 ['kwɔrəl]
- vi. 吵架；争论；挑剔
- n. 吵架；反目；怨言；争吵的原因；方头凿
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quarrel 争吵，口角来自拉丁语queri,争吵，抱怨，词源同querulous.
- quarrel
- quarrel: English has two words quarrel, one of them now little more than a historical memory. Quarrel ‘argument’ [14] goes back via Old French querele to Latin querēla, a derivative of querī ‘complain’. Also based on querī was querulus ‘complaining’, from which English gets querulous [15]. Quarrel ‘crossbow arrow’ [13] comes via Old French quarel from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, a diminutive form of late Latin quadrus ‘square’ (the quarrel had a ‘square’ head). And quadrus was based on the stem quadr- ‘four’, source of English quadrangle, quadrant, quadruped, etc.
=> querulous; quarter - quarrel (n.1)
- "angry dispute," mid-14c., originally "ground for complaint," from Old French querele "matter, concern, business; dispute, controversy" (Modern French querelle), from Latin querella "complaint, accusation; lamentation," from queri "to complain, lament." Replaced Old English sacan. Sense of "contention between persons" is from 1570s.
- quarrel (n.2)
- "square-headed bolt for a crossbow," mid-13c., from Old French quarel, carrel "bolt, arrow," from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, diminutive of Late Latin quadrus (adj.) "square," related to quattuor "four" (see four). Now-archaic sense of "square or diamond-shaped plane of glass" first recorded mid-15c.
- quarrel (v.)
- late 14c., "to raise an objection;" 1520s as "to contend violently, to fall out," from quarrel (n.1) and in part from Old French quereler (Modern French quereller). Related: Quarrelled; quarrelling.
- 1. They could quarrel quite legitimately with some of my choices.
- 他们大有理由不同意我的一些选择。
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- 2. The monarchists are a small fringe group who quarrel fiercely among themselves.
- 君主主义者是一个内部争吵激烈的非主流的小团体。
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- 3. It could have happened during a quarrel between them over Naomi.
- 这件事可能是在他们为娜奥米争吵的过程中发生的。
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- 4. The quarrel between the Serbs and the Croats is old and bitter.
- 塞尔维亚人和克罗地亚人之间的争斗由来已久，而且非常激烈。
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- 5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
- 欧洲若与美国反目显然会有致命的后果。
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