单词 | wrangle |
释义 | wran·gle I. intransitive verb 1. 2. < solemn conclaves dignifiedly wrangled over proper compounding of herbs or incense — L.C.Douglas > transitive verb 1. a. < started to wrangle one or two scholarships … for gifted children — Gertrude Samuels > b. c. < had been wrangling away their reserves — Bruce Marshall > 2. a. < wrangling cattle for a living > b. < on the lookout for some handsome, easy-talking gent to wrangle tenderfeet — F.B.Gipson > II. 1. < emerged victorious in nasty wrangles with old guardists — Newsweek > 2. < after an hour's wrangle, both of these disputes to go over until tomorrow — A.H.Vandenberg †1951 > Synonyms: see quarrel |
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