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niggle

noun
🔊/ˈnɪɡl/
🔊/ˈnɪɡl/
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  1. (British English) a small criticism or complaint轻微的批评；小牢骚
    • My only niggle is that they should have told me sooner.我唯一的烦恼是他们应该早点告诉我。
    • niggle about/over something niggles over ticket prices轻视门票价格
  2. a slight feeling, such as worry, doubt, etc. that does not go away一丝挥不去的烦恼（或疑虑等）
    • a niggle of doubt一丝挥之不去的疑虑
    • In his mind there was that same old niggle—had he done the right thing?在他的脑海里有同样的老生常谈-他做对了吗？
  3. a slight pain轻微疼痛
    • He gets the occasional niggle in his right shoulder.他的右肩有时隐隐作痛。🔊🔊
    Topics Illnessc2
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘do in an ineffectual way’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian nigla. Current senses date from the late 18th cent.

niggle

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they niggle
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he / she / it niggles
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past simple niggled
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past participle niggled
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-ing form niggling
🔊/ˈnɪɡlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to annoy somebody slightly; to make somebody slightly worried 使烦恼；使焦虑synonym bother
    • niggle at somebody A doubt niggled at her.一丝疑惑困扰着她。🔊🔊
    it niggles somebody that… (British English)
    • It niggled him that she had not phoned back.她没给他回电话，这使他有些不安。🔊🔊
    niggle somebody (British English)
    • Something was niggling her.她有点烦心的事儿。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] to argue about something unimportant; to criticize somebody for something that is unimportant吹毛求疵；挑剔
    • niggle about something I hate to niggle about little mistakes.我讨厌小失误。
    • niggle over something We needn't niggle over whose turn it is.我们不必轻视轮到谁了。
    synonym quibbleTopics Opinion and argumentc2
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘do in an ineffectual way’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian nigla. Current senses date from the late 18th cent.