| 释义 |
scuf·fle
I. \ˈskəfəl\ verb
(scuffled ; scuffled ; scuffling \-f(ə)liŋ\ ; scuffles)
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish skuffa to push — more at scuff
intransitive verb
1. : to contend with vigor and resolution
2. : to strive or struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion
3.
a. : to accomplish a task hurriedly, superficially, or haphazardly
b.
(1) : to make one's way in or as if in a scuffle : go in hurry and confusion
(2) : to move with a quick shuffling gait or sound : scurry
< a mouse ran scuffling behind the wainscoting — Oscar Wilde >
(3) : to move with a shuffling plodding gait
< scuffled through the four-inch layer of dust — Ben Riker >
transitive verb
1. : to poke at or disturb : scuff
< brushed through branches of yew and scuffled the gravel — Elizabeth Taylor >
< scuffling up the dust with long bare feet — Marjorie K. Rawlings >
2. : to cause to scuff, shuffle, or otherwise move in a confused manner
Synonyms: see wrestle
II. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : a rough haphazard struggle with scrambling and confusion
< during the scuffle several GI shoes trample his camera underfoot — Ray Duncan >
b. : a verbal conflict usually involving several sides and with confused claims
< without a strong executive the presidential form of government declines into a scuffle of local interests — Times Literary Supplement >
2. : a soft confused shuffling sound
< listened to the scuffle of children's feet on the great stone floor — Irwin Shaw >
3. : a brush forward and back in tap dancing
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: modification of Dutch schoffelen to hoe, scuffle, from Middle Dutch, to shovel, from schoffel, schuffel shovel
: to use a scuffle hoe upon
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: modification of Dutch schoffel, from Middle Dutch schoffel, schuffel shovel — more at shovel
: scuffle hoe
V. intransitive verb
: to struggle (as by working odd jobs) to get by |