| 释义 |
‖ mensur|ˈmɛnsuːr|
[G.]
In Germany, a fencing duel between students fought with partially blunted weapons.
1911L. Knowles Day with Korps-Students in Germany (ed. 2) 6 My visit was not to admire Heidelberg, but to see my Korps-student friends,..for on the morrow there was to be a Mensur, or fighting-bout. Ibid. 4 Even to Germans, these Mensuren, or lighter student-duels,..have their humorous side. 1960Times 17 Sept. 9/7 The Mensur or duel..is, however, frowned upon by officialdom. 1967A. Arent Gravedigger's Funeral xiii. 221 That final accolade of Teutonic narcissism, the face scars or Mensur marks of the military caste. 1970‘M. Hebden’ Mask of Violence (1971) xxv. 219 Anarchical young men of..the older universities, with the Schmisse—the duelling scars—on their cheeks, were already shouting the old Mensur wish before the commencement of a fight: ‘Waffenschein!’ 1972House & Garden May 142/4 Over the river, Hirchgasse where the ‘mensor’ [sic] duel is still fought. |