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词汇 tiff
释义 tiff
noun[ C ]
 informaluk /tɪf/ us /tɪf/
a slight argument: 口角,小争吵
Have you two had a lovers' tiff?你俩曾有过情侣间的口角吗?
Synonyms
argument(DISAGREEMENT)
quarrel
row(ARGUMENT)mainly UK
run-in(ARGUMENT)informal
spat(ARGUMENT)informal
squabble
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

an argument
argumentI don't want to get into an argument with you about this.
disagreementThere was a disagreement over who should pay the bill.
quarrelThere were bitter quarrels between the two neighbours.
rowUKMy parents had a row about money.
squabbleI'm always dealing with squabbles between the children.
tiffShe had a tiff with her boyfriend last night.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Arguments & disagreements
argument
argy-bargy
be (on) non-speakersidiom
belligerence
bickering
blow (someone/something) up
bust up
clash
conflict
contentiousness
cut and thrustidiom
ding-dong
dispute
dust-up
hostility
kerfuffle
logjam
rhubarb
ructions
spat

tiff | American Dictionary


tiff
noun[ C ]
 infmlus/tɪf/
a slight argument:
We had a little tiff over whose turn it was to walk the dog.

Examples of tiff


tiff
Children-in-law explained that they did not feel free (bebas) in their parents-in-law's presence and that they feared causing offence (tersinggung) or embarrassment (malu) by making them party to marital tiffs.
That does not, of course, preclude the most severe debates and political tiffs on matters on which we fundamentally disagree.
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They are the people who stuck by us even in this last tiff.
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We should not knock our products at every tiff and turn.
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It is always exceedingly interesting to stand by at any domestic tiff and to hear the truths that come out in these domestic differences.
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It was interesting to see the little tiff about interest rates.
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Because of that, in a tiff overnight, he may throw down his keys and refuse to carry on his duties.
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They believe that, if their parents have a tiff, that will be the end.
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I am sorry that there should be so soon this honeymoon tiff.
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After all, just as when employers and workers have a tiff and the employer says the man must leave, so it operates the other way at times.
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There are tiffs, and they blow over.
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The play depicts how the tiff is solved by the parents in a playful and light manner.
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In the 1930s the prices offered for tiff tumbled, ending more than 200 years of subsistence based on small-scale mining.
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It was named for the barite ore found here, also known as tiff.
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The scanned image files are recorded in. tiff file format.
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