| 单词 | brawl |
| 释义 | brawl I. intransitive verb 1. < when statesmen brawled with each other outrageously — American Guide Series: Texas > 2. < mobs brawling about unfair rationing of food > 3. < the Miami river … brawled over 25 feet of rapids in the North Fork — Marjory S. Douglas > transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. < sergeants brawling out commands > 3. archaic II. 1. a. < a brawl between husband and wife that kept the whole neighborhood awake > b. (1) < a barroom brawl > (2) slang < she always tosses a perfectly savage brawl for all the … students — A.O.Myrer > 2. < the spring run became quite a trout brook and its tiny murmur a loud brawl — John Burroughs > Synonyms: < a howling brawl amongst vicious hoodlums — Jean Stafford > < the settlers in the river towns shivered excitedly at the uproar of the loggers' drunken brawls, the shattering of the tavern's glassware — American Guide Series: Minnesota > broil indicates a disordered, confused turmoil, conflict, or fight without clear issues or demarcation between contestants < but village mirth breeds contests, broils, and blows — P.B.Shelley > < plunging us in all the broils of the European nations — Thomas Jefferson > riot may indicate a turbulent tumultuous uproar participated in by a number of persons with violent action breaking civil peace < the draft riots in Civil War days > < angered supporters of both teams swarmed out of the stands and the game turned into a riot > fracas may apply to an excited disturbance or noisy quarrel, with or without blows < cowboys hurt in a gambling fracas — Laura Krey > melee suggests a swirling unclear series of hand-to-hand conflicts or something similar < in such a melee, of course, no chronicler could be very clear, and the more active of the knights are much confused — E.V.Lucas > < in 1934, 8000 lettuce pickers struck; when the police attempted to break up picket lines, the resultant melee in which blood was shed made headlines — American Guide Series: California > row applies to any noisy demonstration or fight; rumpus may intensify suggestions of disturbance and commotion; scrap indicates a fight, often inconsequential, or a noisy sharp quarrel < a crockery-smashing family row — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor > < but the row went a good deal deeper than a mere squabble in the children's schoolroom — Alan Moorehead > < such a rumpus that everybody in the neighborhood took sides — L.C.Douglas > < a bare-knuckled political scrap — New Republic > III. variant of branle |
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