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单词 brawl
释义
brawl
(brɔːl )
Word forms: brawls , brawling , brawled
1. countable noun
A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
He had been in a drunken street brawl.
Synonyms: fight, battle, row [informal], clash  
2. verb
If someone brawls, they fight in a very rough or violent way.
A bride and groom spent their wedding night in separate police cells after brawling with hotel security guards. [VERB + with]
Two gangs of youths brawled on the dance floor of the ferry. [VERB]
Synonyms: fight, battle, scrap [informal], wrestle  
brawling uncountable noun
The brawling between the fans and locals last night went on for several hours.
Collocations:
bar brawl
A perfect training ground, in fact, for the bar brawl of social media.
Times, Sunday Times
But he also has the steel to know when to intervene and break up a bar brawl.
Times, Sunday Times
This was the day when he dropped the philosophising for something closer to a bar brawl.
Times, Sunday Times
They like the idea of politicians who could hold their own in a bar brawl.
Times, Sunday Times
Insiders say the confrontation descended into a 'bar brawl'.
The Sun
brawl erupts
The brawl erupted over a long-standing feud between the two.
The Sun (2007)
The brawl erupted yesterday after a group of opposition MPs demanded that he be removed from office.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We won the game but right after the final whistle, a mass brawl erupted.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A mass brawl erupted early on and two players were shown red cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
start a brawl
They go into a bar and start a brawl.
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What was said wasn't good at all - it started a brawl.
The Sun
Our two cats started a brawl, somehow finding space between the patio furniture, barbecue grill and outdoor plant pots crammed into our living room.
Times, Sunday Times
This started a brawl in the stands but was able to escape actually getting involved in the melee.
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Prior to kick-off, several fans from both sides were arrested for starting a brawl and vandalism.
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street brawl
This isa teamwhohave the lightness of touchto pickopponents'pockets before knockingthemout in the ensuing street brawl.
Times, Sunday Times
A sportsfield scuffle, not a street brawl.
Times, Sunday Times
It remains a longshot as police have yet to decide whether to charge him over his street brawl.
The Sun
Dancers come in holding hands and start a choreography during which they mime a street brawl.
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The two engage in a street brawl which quickly gets the attention of the locals, the police (who allow the fight to continue) and the media.
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Translations:
Chinese: 斗殴
Japanese: 乱闘
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