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吹毛求疵的,挑毛病的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Carp \Carp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Carping}.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel.
   karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck,
   calumniate.]
   1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions
      without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by
      at.

            Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw.
                                                  Mag.

            And at my actions carp or catch.      --Herbert.

Carping \Carp"ing\ (k[add]rp"[i^]ng), a.
   Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See {Captious}. --
   {Carp"ing*ly}, adv.

资料来源 : WordNet®

carping
     adj : quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers
           and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and
           carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily
           nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no
           patience with quibbling critics" [syn: {caviling}, {nitpicking},
            {pettifogging}, {quibbling}]
     n : persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn: {faultfinding}]