scuffle

• vi. 扭打；亂鬥；拖著腳走路
• n. 混戰；扭打
• n. (Scuffle)人名；(英)斯卡夫爾

來自 PIE*skeubh,推，擠，詞源同 shove,shuffle.-le,表反複。引申比喻義扭打，爭鬥。

來自 scuff,刮，摩擦，-le,表反複。引申詞義發出窸窸窣窣的聲音。

scuffle (v.)

"to push or fight in a disorderly manner," 1570s, probably a frequentative form of scuff, of Scandinavian origin. Related: Scuffled; scuffling. As a noun c. 1600, from the verb.

1. The two men quarrelled and there was a scuffle.

那兩個人爭吵扭打起來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. There was a scuffle and I lost my hat in the melee.

因發生一場鬥毆,我的帽子也在混亂中丟失了.

來自辭典例句

3. Five pickets were injured in the scuffle.

在混戰中有五名罷工糾察隊員受傷.

來自辭典例句

4. But that was just a scuffle and exchange of words.

不過,那也隻是扭打對罵而已.

來自互聯網

5. In the hallway outside, a scuffle of feet . A clink of metal.

在走廊外麵, 有扭打的痕跡和金屬發出的聲音.

來自互聯網