单词 | joust |
释义 | joust ![]() n. 1. a. A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match. b. jousts A series of tilting matches; a tournament. 2. A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances: a politician who relishes a joust with reporters. intr.v. joust·ed, joust·ing, jousts also just·ed or just·ing or justs 1. To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt. 2. To engage in a personal combat or competition. [Middle English, from Old French juste, from juster, to joust, from Vulgar Latin *iūxtāre, to be next to, from Latin iūxtā, close by; see yeug- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] jouster n. |
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