| 词源 |
bickering n.c. 1300, "a skirmish," verbal noun from bicker (v.). The meaning "a verbal wrangle" is from 1570s. bickering adj. 1808 in the sense of "contentious," present-participle adjective from bicker (v.). Earlier it was used to mean "flashing, quivering" (1660s). updated on October 08, 2022 |