bicker的词源

英文词源

bicker (v.)

early 14c., bikere, "to skirmish, fight," perhaps from Middle Dutch bicken "to slash, stab, attack," + -er, Middle English frequentative suffix. Meaning "to quarrel" is from mid-15c. Related: Bickered; bickering.

bicker (n.)

c. 1300, skirmish, battle; from the same source as bicker (v.). In modern use, often to describe the sound of a flight of an arrow or other repeated, loud, rapid sounds, in which sense it is perhaps at least partly echoic.

中文词源

bicker：争吵、口角

发音释义：['bɪkə] vi. 争吵；口角；潺潺而流n. 争吵；口角；（水的）潺潺声

词源解释：bicker←古英语bikere（小冲突、争斗）←中古荷兰语bicken（砍、戳、攻击）

助记窍门：谐音“必渴”→跟人吵架，必会口渴→口角

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bicker：吵嘴

bick, 同peck, 啄。-er, 表反复。