scuffle

英 [ˈskʌfl]

美 [ˈskʌfl]

n.  (短时间与某人的)小扭打，冲突
v.  (短暂而不严重地)扭打，冲突，争斗; 窸窸窣窣地疾行

复数：scuffles　现在分词：scuffling　过去式：scuffled　第三人称单数：scuffles　过去分词：scuffled　

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牛津词典

noun

• （短时间与某人的）小扭打，冲突
  a short and not very violent fight or struggle
  1. Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators.
     警察和示威者之间发生了冲突。

verb

• （短暂而不严重地）扭打，冲突，争斗
  to fight or struggle with each other for a short time, in a way that is not very serious
  1. She scuffled with photographers as she left her hotel.
     在离开所住的旅馆时，她和一些摄影记者发生了冲突。
• 窸窸窣窣地疾行
  to move quickly making a quiet rubbing noise
  1. Some animal was scuffling in the bushes.
     有只动物在灌木丛中窸窸窣窣地穿行。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (短暂的)扭打,混战
  Ascuffleis a short, disorganized fight or struggle.
  1. Violent scuffles broke out between rival groups demonstrating for and against independence.
     支持和反对独立的两支游行队伍间爆发了激烈的冲突。
• V-RECIP 扭打;混战
  If peoplescuffle, they fight for a short time in a disorganized way.
  1. Police scuffled with some of the protesters...
     警察与一些抗议者发生了冲突。
  2. He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house.
     他和汉娜一直在他房外的院子里扭打。

英英释义

noun

• an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
  Synonym:scramble
• disorderly fighting
  Synonym:hassletussledogfightrough-and-tumble
• a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
  Synonym:scuffle hoeDutch hoe

verb

• fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
  1. the drunken men started to scuffle
  Synonym:tussle
• walk by dragging one's feet
  1. he shuffled out of the room
  2. We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
  Synonym:shuffleshamble

双语例句

• He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house.
  他和汉娜一直在他房外的院子里扭打。
• The police declined to take action, and a scuffle broke out between protesters and trappers.
  警方拒绝采取行动，抗议者与捕猎者们之间爆发了冲突。
• There was a sudden scuffle, a sound of blows, and out burst Abraham Gray with a knife-cut on the side of the cheek, and came running to the captain, like a dog to the whistle.
  突然传来了一阵扭打声，接着亚伯拉罕·葛雷一侧面颊上带着刀伤冲了出来，像一条狗听到哨声一般跑向了船长。
• Police scuffled with some of the protesters
  警察与一些抗议者发生了冲突。
• That night Jane hears a scuffle and a cry for help in the room just above hers.
  那天晚上，简·爱听见她上层的那个房间里传来扭打声和呼救声。
• I was sitting at a shop near the church when a blast jolted the area. I rushed towards the spot and saw the security guard scuffle with a man who was trying to enter the church.
  当爆炸发生在这个地方的时候我坐在教堂附近的一个商店，我冲到现场看到警卫和一个试图进入教堂的男人混战。
• Something that disturbs, as a commotion, scuffle, or public tumult.
  引起骚动的事物，如起义、叛乱、混乱或大众骚动。
• There was a brief scuffle before they got the handcuffs on him.
  他们在给他戴上手铐之前曾有过一番短暂的扭打。
• Last night, old man spats and ACE got into a little scuffle.
  昨晚老家伙斯班和艾斯都嗝屁了。
• The scuffle drew a large crowd.
  这场扭打吸引了大群人围观。