wrestle
英 ['res(ə)l]
美 ['rɛsl]
- n. 摔跤；搏斗；斗争
- vi. 摔跤；斗争；斟酌
- vt. 与摔跤；与…搏斗；使劲搬动
助记提示
1. *sker- "cut"; *ker- / *wer- "turn, bend, wind, twist" (see curve, versus).
2. *wer- => *wr- "turn, bend, wind, twist".
3. *wr- => 同源词：wring => wrench (类比：drink => drench) "twist",
4. => wring => wrangle "dispute, wrestle" (与什么纠缠不休，类比：versus),
5. => wring => wrong "twisted, crooked, wry, wrong" (取本义为扭曲的、歪曲的这些含义的引申义),
6. => wring => wrinkle "wrinkled, crooked, winding, crease"; from PIE *wreng- "turn", nasalized variant of *werg- "turn" (cf. Latin vergere "turn, tend toward"), from *wer.
7. *wer- / *wr- => 其它同源词：worry (因为纠缠而纠结、烦恼),
8. => wry "distorted, twisted" (from *wrig- "turn" => awry, wrist "the turning joint", wriggle, wrest "twist, wrench", wrestle (wrest 的反复体)),
9. => wreath (from *wreit- "turn, bend" => writhe "twist or bend", wroth "angry" (literally "tormented, twisted")),
10. => wrap (from *werp- "turn, wind" => warp), worm (cf. Latin vermis "worm"),
11. => worth (literally "turn into", from PIE *wert- "turn, wind"),
12. => weird ("fate, destiny," literally "that which comes", from PIE *wert- "turn, wind", For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," cf. phrase turn into "become"),
13. => -ward (adverbial suffix expressing direction, Old English -weard "toward," literally "turned toward," variant of PIE *wert- "turn, wind"), rhombus (from PIE *wremb-, from *werb- "turn, twist, bend").
中文词源
wrestle 摔跤来自wrest,拧，扭，用于指摔跤。
英文词源
- wrestle (v.)
- Old English *wræstlian, frequentative of wræstan "to wrest" (see wrest). Compare North Frisian wrassele, Middle Low German worstelen. Figurative sense is recorded from early 13c. Related: Wrestled; wrestling.
双语例句
- 1. Marshals tried to wrestle the demonstrator out of the room.
- 执法人员试图将这名示威者从屋子里拖出去。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We had to physically wrestle the child from the man's arms.
- 我们只得用力把孩子从那个男子手中夺过来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They taught me to wrestle.
- 他们教我摔跤。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He taught his little brother how to wrestle.
- 他教他小弟弟如何摔跤.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. What he liked to do was to take an idea and wrestle it by finding every possible consequence.
- 他喜欢做的事情就是先提出一个想法，然后冥思苦想，找出可能产生的各种后果。
来自柯林斯例句