argy-bargy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɑːdʒiˌbɑːdʒi/    美 /ˈɑɹdʒiˌbɑɹdʒi/|/ˈɑɹɡiˌbɑɹɡi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A noisy disagreement, often with some fighting UK,countable,uncountable
    — There was a wee bit of an argy-bargy over the dodgy matter.
动词 v.
  1. To argue. UK
    — Ten minutes at the least did she stand at the door argy-bargying with that man.

词形变化

argy-bargies plural argie bargie alternative argie-bargie alternative argy bargy alternative argy-bargies present,singular,third-person argy-bargying participle,present argy-bargied participle,past argy-bargied past argie bargie alternative argie-bargie alternative argy bargy alternative

词源

词源 1
From Scots, variant of argle-bargle, documented since 1822, presumably due to replacement of + -le (“frequentative”) with + -y (“diminutive”), documented since 1857, but without effect on the meaning.
词源 2
From Scots, variant of argle-bargle, documented since 1822, presumably due to replacement of + -le (“frequentative”) with + -y (“diminutive”), documented since 1857, but without effect on the meaning.
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