| 释义 |
duel/ˈdju:əl/ n. & v.●n. 1 hist. a contest with deadly weapons between two people, in the presence of two seconds, to settle a point of honour [史义]决斗 2 any contest between two people, parties, causes, animals, etc. (两人、两党、两种事业、两动物间的)斗争 a duel of wits 智斗 ●v. intr. (duelled, duelling; US [美] dueled, dueling) fight a duel or duels 决斗 □ dueller n. (US [美] dueler)□ duellist n. (US [美] duelist)[Italian duello or Latin duellum (archaic form of bellum ‘war’), in medieval Latin = single combat] |