wrestle
英 ['res(ə)l]
美 ['rɛsl]
- n. 摔跤；搏鬥；鬥爭
- vi. 摔跤；鬥爭；斟酌
- vt. 與摔跤；與…搏鬥；使勁搬動
助記提示
1. *sker- "cut"; *ker- / *wer- "turn, bend, wind, twist" (see curve, versus).
2. *wer- => *wr- "turn, bend, wind, twist".
3. *wr- => 同源詞：wring => wrench (類比：drink => drench) "twist",
4. => wring => wrangle "dispute, wrestle" (與什麽糾纏不休，類比：versus),
5. => wring => wrong "twisted, crooked, wry, wrong" (取本義為扭曲的、歪曲的這些含義的引申義),
6. => wring => wrinkle "wrinkled, crooked, winding, crease"; from PIE *wreng- "turn", nasalized variant of *werg- "turn" (cf. Latin vergere "turn, tend toward"), from *wer.
7. *wer- / *wr- => 其它同源詞：worry (因為糾纏而糾結、煩惱),
8. => wry "distorted, twisted" (from *wrig- "turn" => awry, wrist "the turning joint", wriggle, wrest "twist, wrench", wrestle (wrest 的反複體)),
9. => wreath (from *wreit- "turn, bend" => writhe "twist or bend", wroth "angry" (literally "tormented, twisted")),
10. => wrap (from *werp- "turn, wind" => warp), worm (cf. Latin vermis "worm"),
11. => worth (literally "turn into", from PIE *wert- "turn, wind"),
12. => weird ("fate, destiny," literally "that which comes", from PIE *wert- "turn, wind", For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," cf. phrase turn into "become"),
13. => -ward (adverbial suffix expressing direction, Old English -weard "toward," literally "turned toward," variant of PIE *wert- "turn, wind"), rhombus (from PIE *wremb-, from *werb- "turn, twist, bend").
中文詞源
wrestle 摔跤來自wrest,擰，扭，用於指摔跤。
英文詞源
- wrestle (v.)
- Old English *wræstlian, frequentative of wræstan "to wrest" (see wrest). Compare North Frisian wrassele, Middle Low German worstelen. Figurative sense is recorded from early 13c. Related: Wrestled; wrestling.
雙語例句
- 1. Marshals tried to wrestle the demonstrator out of the room.
- 執法人員試圖將這名示威者從屋子裏拖出去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We had to physically wrestle the child from the man's arms.
- 我們隻得用力把孩子從那個男子手中奪過來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They taught me to wrestle.
- 他們教我摔跤。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He taught his little brother how to wrestle.
- 他教他小弟弟如何摔跤.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. What he liked to do was to take an idea and wrestle it by finding every possible consequence.
- 他喜歡做的事情就是先提出一個想法，然後冥思苦想，找出可能產生的各種後果。
來自柯林斯例句