tussle
英['tʌs(ə)l]
美['tʌsl]
- vi. 打斗；扭打；剧烈的斗争
- n. 争斗，扭打
词态变化
复数: tussles;第三人称单数: tussles;过去式: tussled;现在分词: tussling;
中文词源
tussle 争斗，扭打
来自 tousle 拼写变体，来自 tease,拔羊毛，-le,表反复。引申词义扭打，争斗。
英文词源
- tussle
- tussle: see tousle
- tussle (v.)
- "to struggle, scuffle, wrestle confusedly," late 15c. (transitive); 1630s (intransitive), Scottish and northern English variant of touselen (see tousle). Related: Tussled; tussling.
- tussle (n.)
- "a struggle, conflict, scuffle," 1620s (but rare before 19c.), from tussle (v.).
双语例句
- 1. The referee booked him for a tussle with the goalie.
- 他和守门员拉扯，因而被裁判记名警告。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was injured during a tussle for the ball.
- 他在争球时受了伤。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.
- 他们互相扭打起来,抢夺那支手枪.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.
- 我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He received a black eye in the tussle.
- 他在扭打中眼睛被打得青紫.
来自《简明英汉词典》