• vi. 吵架；爭論；挑剔
• n. 吵架；反目；怨言；爭吵的原因；方頭鑿

來自拉丁語queri,爭吵，抱怨，詞源同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.

他們大有理由不同意我的一些選擇。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The monarchists are a small fringe group who quarrel fiercely among themselves.

君主主義者是一個內部爭吵激烈的非主流的小團體。

來自柯林斯例句

3. It could have happened during a quarrel between them over Naomi.

這件事可能是在他們為娜奧米爭吵的過程中發生的。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The quarrel between the Serbs and the Croats is old and bitter.

塞爾維亞人和克羅地亞人之間的爭斗由來已久，而且非常激烈。

來自柯林斯例句

5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.

歐洲若與美國反目顯然會有致命的后果。

來自柯林斯例句