单词 | in-fighting |
释义 | in-fightingn. In pugilism: Fighting or boxing at close quarters; the practice of getting close up to an opponent: cf. quot. 1812 at in adv. 13. Also figurative and transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions first bloodc1540 guard1601 feint1684 in holds1713 shifting1793 rally1805 muzzler1811 one-two1811 stop1812 southpaw1813 fibbing1814 leveller1814 mouther1814 ribber1814 stomacher1814 teller1814 in-fighting1816 muzzling1819 weaving1821 out-fighting1831 arm guard1832 countering1858 counter1861 clinching1863 prop1869 clinch1875 right and left1887 hook-hit1890 hook1898 cross1906 lead1906 jolt1908 swing1910 body shot1918 head shot1927 bolo punch1950 snap-back1950 counterpunch1957 counterpunching1957 Ali shuffle1966 rope-a-dope1975 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > at close quarters in-fighting1907 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > within a group in-fighting1960 1816 Sporting Mag. 47 256 The combat lasted one hour and fifty minutes all at in-fighting. 1886 D. C. Murray First Person Sing. xxviii. 201 There are otherwise admirable boxers who know nothing of what is called ‘in-fighting’... Once get inside the guard and they go to pieces. 1907 J. London Iron Heel ii. 35 He was unused to this fierce ‘infighting’, as Ernest called it. 1928 L. Woolley Sumerians ii. 52 Two [spears] have plain butts and are intended for in-fighting. 1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham iv. i. 274 The temperament and tradition of both navies disposed them for attack and in-fighting. 1936 G. B. Shaw Millionairess iv, in Simpleton, Six, & Millionairess 193 Epifania. You are two stone heavier than I; and I cannot keep my head at infighting as you can. 1960 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio 79 Untrained in a ruthless Verbal in-fighting. 1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxxi. 78 She would use even the dirtiest in-fighting to see that Rod was not overlooked. 1972 Listener 24 Aug. 241/1 The cheerful in-fighting that characterizes intellectual exchange between clinician and medical scientist. Derivatives ˈin-ˌfighter n. a boxer who practises this method. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer > types of bruiser1744 ruffian1791 in-fighter1812 punisher1812 nobber1821 receiver general1821 slogger1829 slogster1881 ham1888 slaughterer1896 pushover1908 bum1917 mauler1920 palooka1920 round heel1926 set-up1926 powder puff1931 spoiler1948 kick-boxer1978 stiff1989 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > within a group > one who in-fighter1973 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 19 It would not be too much to denominate him as good an in-fighter. 1973 Time 25 June 38/2 Inside the Politburo, he is known as a tough infighter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1812 |
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