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tussle

英 ['tʌs(ə)l] 美 ['tʌsl]

解释

vi. 打斗；扭打；剧烈的斗争
n. 争斗，扭打

※ 提供单词"tussle"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.).

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例句和用法

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。

2. He was injured during a tussle for the ball.: 他在争球时受了伤。

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.

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.

5. He received a black eye in the tussle.: 他在扭打中眼睛被打得青紫.