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duel 音標拼音: [d'uəl] n. 決斗,斗爭
vi. 決斗 決鬥,鬥爭決鬥 duel n 1: a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people ( accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor [ synonym: { duel}, { affaire d' honneur}] 2: any struggle between two skillful opponents ( individuals or groups) v 1: fight a duel, as over one' s honor or a woman; " In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters" Duel \ Du" el\, v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Duel \ Du" el\, n. [ It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See { Bellicose}, { Two}, and cf. { Duello}.] A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. [ 1913 Webster] { Trial by duel} ( Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel. [ 1913 Webster] 51 Moby Thesaurus words for " duel": affair of honor, battle, box, brawl, broil, buck, clash, close, collide, combat, come to blows, contend, contest, cut and thrust, dispute, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, jostle, joust, mix it up, monomachy, oppose, quarrel, rassle, repel, riot, run a tilt, satisfaction, scramble, scuffle, single combat, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, thrust and parry, tilt, tourney, traverse, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrestle
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