no obj.
1- take part in a fight, either as sport or in earnest, that involves grappling with one's opponent and trying to throw or force them to the ground(作为运动或打架的)摔跤; 扭斗:
as the policeman wrestled with the gunman a shot rang out.
当警察与持枪歹徒扭打时, 响起了一声枪响。
1.1
- with obj. and adverbial force (someone) into a particular position or place by fighting in such a way摔:
the security guards wrestled them to the ground.
保安人员把他们摔到地上。
1.2
- figurative struggle with a difficulty or problem〈喻〉斗争, 搏斗:
for over a year David wrestled with a guilty conscience.
一年多来, 大卫都在与自己愧疚的良心搏斗。
1.3
- with obj. and adverbial move or manipulate (something) in a specified way with difficulty and some physical effort使劲搬动; 用力操作:
she wrestled the keys out of the ignition.
她使劲把插在点火装置上的钥匙拔下来。
in sing.
1- a wrestling bout or contest摔跤, 角力; 摔跤比赛:
a wrestle to the death.
摔跤至死。
1.1
- a hard struggle艰苦的斗争, 搏斗:
a lifelong wrestle with depression.
一生与抑郁的抗争。
派生词
wrestler
noun词源
Old English, frequentative of wrǣstan 'wrest'.