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

• In the hallway outside, a scuffle of feet. A clink of metal.
  在走廊外面，有扭打的痕迹和金属发出的声音。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Scuffle with an assailant
  和一个进攻者扭打起来
• The student is believed to have been shot during a scuffle after a cannister of tear gas was discharged.
  这个学生是在群殴中，有人投掷了催泪罐后被枪打伤的。
• He was involved in a scuffle with a photographer.
  他和一名摄影记者扭打起来。
• The scuffle drew a large crowd.
  这场扭打吸引了大群人围观。
• Then the hens scuffle under the verandah, the cock ruffles his feathers on guard.
  然后母鸡笨拙地走到廊檐下，公鸡竖起羽毛，保卫她们。