| 单词 | joust |
| 释义 | joust (once / 4388 pages) vn To joust is to fight against someone, usually using lances, on horseback. Such a contest is called a joust. If you've ever seen a movie or TV show about medieval times, you might have seen two knights jousting. This is a sport that takes place on horseback and involves lances, which are long like spears. The knights charge each other and try to hit each other with the lances and knock each other off the horse. This type of contest — which usually involves a tournament — is called a joust. Jousting is as old as the Middle Ages. WORD FAMILYjoust: jousted, jousting, jousts USAGE EXAMPLESAn English group wants armored horsemen with thrusting lances to compete for gold in jousting. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) This jousting over Taiwan wouldn’t be so worrisome if other aspects of the U.S.-Asia policy were intact. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) The two rivals battling to be the presidential candidate of France's centre-right Republicans Party have jousted in a TV debate. BBC(Nov 25, 2016) 1v joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback Hypo|Hyper tilt charge with a tilt contend, fight, struggle be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight 2n a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances Syn|Hyper tilt battle, struggle an energetic attempt to achieve something |
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