tussle

• vi. 打斗；扭打；剧烈的斗争
• n. 争斗，扭打

来自 tousle 拼写变体，来自 tease,拔羊毛，-le,表反复。引申词义扭打，争斗。

tussle

tussle: see tousle

tussle (v.)

"to struggle, scuffle, wrestle confusedly," late 15c. (transitive); 1630s (intransitive), Scottish and northern English variant of touselen (see tousle). Related: Tussled; tussling.

tussle (n.)

"a struggle, conflict, scuffle," 1620s (but rare before 19c.), from tussle (v.).

1. The referee booked him for a tussle with the goalie.

他和守门员拉扯，因而被裁判记名警告。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was injured during a tussle for the ball.

他在争球时受了伤。

来自《权威词典》

3. They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.

他们互相扭打起来,抢夺那支手枪.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.

我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He received a black eye in the tussle.

他在扭打中眼睛被打得青紫.

来自《简明英汉词典》