单词 | duel |
释义 | Word Frequency duel(ˈdjuːəl) noun 1. a prearranged combat with deadly weapons between two people following a formal procedure in the presence of seconds and traditionally fought until one party was wounded or killed, usually to settle a quarrel involving a point of honour 2. a contest or conflict between two persons or parties verbWord forms: duels, duelling, duelledWord forms: US duels, dueling or dueled (intransitive) 3. to fight in a duel 4. to contest closely Derived forms dueller (ˈdueller) or US dueler (ˈdueler) noun duellist (ˈduellist) or US duelist (ˈduelist) noun Word origin C15: from Medieval Latin duellum, from Latin, poetical variant of bellum war; associated by folk etymology with Latin duo two |
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