| 单词 | battle royal |
| 释义 | battle royal[ bat-l roi-uhl ] / ˈbæt l ˈrɔɪ əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR battle royal ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural battle royals, battles royal.a fight in which more than two combatants are engaged. a cockfight in which three, five, or seven fowl are placed simultaneously in the fighting pit to eliminate each other by death or debilitating injury until only the victor remains in fighting condition. Professional Wrestling. a type of wrestling match in which 15 to 30 wrestlers attempt to stay inside the ring while eliminating competitors by throwing them outside of the ropes until only one wrestler remains and is declared the winner. a heated argument: After a while the discussion turned into a battle royal. Also battle royale . Also called last man stand·ing (for defs. 1, 3) . Origin of battle royalFirst recorded in 1665–75 in spelling battail Royal historical usage of battle royalThe term battle royal has had the general meaning of a free-for-all fight with three or more participants since the 17th century. It has also been used to name fight parameters for specific categories of contests, as in cockfighting. It is the official name of a type of wrestling match, but is also applied to other knock-down-drag-out fights, like the one in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison’s classic 1952 novel Invisible Man, in which rich white men force poor Black boys to fight a battle royal : Everyone fought hysterically. It was complete anarchy. Everybody fought everybody else. No group fought together for long. Two, three, four, fought one, then turned to fight each other, were themselves attacked. Words nearby battle royalBattle of the Atlantic, Battle of the Bulge, battlepiece, battle plan, battleplane, battle royal, battle royale, battle-scarred, battleship, battleship gray, battlesome Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for battle royalBritish Dictionary definitions for battle royalbattle royal nouna fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee a long violent argument Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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