al·ter·ca·tion /ˌɔltɚ/
爭論,口角
Al·ter·ca·tion n. Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. “Stormy altercations.”
Syn: -- Altercation, Dispute, Wrangle.
Usage: The term dispute is in most cases, but not necessarily, applied to a verbal contest; as, a dispute on the lawfulness of war. An altercation is an angry dispute between two parties, involving an interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a confused and noisy altercation.
Their whole life was little else than a perpetual wrangling and altercation. --Hakewill.
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altercation
n : noisy quarrel [syn: affray, fracas]