学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3198 bicker

今天我们要学的词是 bicker¹.

bicker 的意思是争吵，拌嘴。 Apple won't release its first 5G Phone for another 2 years while bickering² with its supplier, Intel, over 5G chips that generate too much heat. 苹果公司要到两年后才会发布其首款5G手机，现在正在和他们的芯片供应商英特尔就5G芯片产生过多热量的问题争吵。

If people go to Twitter to bicker over current events and to Facebook to see what old classmates are up to, Instagram is where they go to relax, scroll³ and feast their eyes. 如果人们上推特是为了争论时事，上脸书是看看老同学都在做什么，那么Instagram就是他们放松、刷屏、一饱眼福的地方。

1 bicker   

vi.(为小事)吵嘴，争吵

参考例句：

• The two children used to bicker about who should do the washing-up.这两个小孩子过去常为该由谁洗餐具一事而争吵。
• They always bicker when they meet at school.在学校见面时他们总是争吵。

2 bickering   

v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 )；口角；（水等）作潺潺声；闪烁

参考例句：

• The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
• The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。