单词 | combat |
释义 | combat —combatable, adj. v. /keuhm bat", kom"bat, kum"-/; n. /kom"bat, kum"-/, v. , combated, combating or (esp. Brit.) combatted, combatting, n. v.t. 1. to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime. v.i. 2. to battle; contend: to combat with disease. n. 3. Mil. active, armed fighting with enemy forces. 4. a fight, struggle, or controversy, as between two persons, teams, or ideas. [1535-45; < MF combat (n.), combattre (v.) < LL combattere, equiv. to L com- COM- + LL battere, for L battuere to strike, beat] Syn. 1, 2. struggle, contest. |
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