scuffle

英 ['skʌfl] 美 ['skʌfl]

• v. 混战；扭打；拖脚行走
• n. 混战

英英释义

Noun:

1. disorderly fighting

2. a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling

3. an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

Verb:

1. walk by dragging one's feet;

   "he shuffled out of the room"
   "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
   

2. fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters;

   "the drunken men started to scuffle"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The police scuffled with the demonstrators.
   警察和示威群众混战起来。
2. They scuffled with reporters.
   他们与记者扭打起来。
3. the drunken men started to scuffle.
   这些喝醉的人们开始扭打起来。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Five pickets were injured in the scuffle.
   在混战中有五名罢工纠察队员受伤。
2. A few isolated scuffles broke out when police tried to move the demonstrators.
   当警察试图驱散示威者时，发生了几起零星的扭打。　

经典引文

• There was a sudden scuffle, a sound of blows.

  出自： R. L. Stevenson

• Scuffles broke out last week between airline staff and passengers.

  出自：Observer

• Soldiers and..loyalists scuffling with some of the 15,000 protesters.

  出自：Independent

词汇搭配

• scuffle drill 滑板播种机
• scuffle hoe 推拉锄

近反义词

【近义词】

• fight 战斗
• fray 恼火
• brawl 争吵
• punch-up 打群架
• scrap 碎片
• fracas 喧噪
• wrestle 摔跤
• come to blows 动手打起来, 开始互殴...
• exchange blows 打起来
• tussle 扭打
• struggle 努力
• melee 互殴
• skirmish 前哨战
• scrimmage 混战
• contention 争论
• play 玩
• dogfight 混战
• rough-and-tumble 杂乱无章的
• scuffle hoe 推拉锄
• shamble 蹒跚
• shuffle 拖曳
• hassle 困难
• scramble 混乱