| 单词 | sparring partner |
| 释义 | > as lemmassparring partner sparring partner n. a boxer employed to practise with another in training for a contest; also transferred and figurative, esp. a person with whom one enjoys arguing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > person engaged in > giving enjoyment sparring partner1908 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > sparring partner sparring partner1908 sparmate1937 1908 Captain Sept. 530/2 Jack was the best sparring partner he could have. 1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 2/3 Cal Barton (Birmingham), Jack Hood's sparring partner. 1958 Victorian Stud. I. 248 Mill..is used with the utmost disrespect as a sort of punch-drunk sparring-partner. 1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. xxv. 493 Mr Mikoyan, my old sparring-partner and friend of the 1947 trade talks, now in honourable retirement, was waiting for us. 1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See iv. 60 I was workin [sic] with Warren and a sparring partner... Warren's got a fight Tuesday night. < as lemmas |
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