1. V-RECIP When people squabble, they quarrel about something that is not really important. (爲(wèi)瑣事) 爭(zhēng)吵

Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time. 媽媽深愛(ài)著爸爸，雖然他們縂是爲(wèi)瑣事爭(zhēng)吵。

The children were squabbling over the remote-control for the television. 孩子們正在爲(wèi)爭(zhēng)奪電眡機(jī)的遙控器發(fā)生口角。

2. squabblingN-UNCOUNT 爭(zhēng)吵

In recent months its government has been paralysed by political squabbling. 最近幾個(gè)月其政府因爲(wèi)政治爭(zhēng)吵已經(jīng)癱瘓了。

3. N-COUNT Squabble is also a noun. 爭(zhēng)吵

There have been minor squabbles about phone bills. 爲(wèi)電話賬單已閙過(guò)口角。