单词 | free-for-all |
释义 | free-for-all /free"feuhr awl'/, n. 1. a fight, argument, contest, etc., open to everyone and usually without rules. 2. any competition or contested situation that is disordered, impulsive, or out of control: a free-for-all at the buffet table. 3. Informal. any enterprise or field of endeavor in which various companies, countries, participants, etc., compete without restriction: a price-cutting free-for-all among local stores. adj. 4. open to everyone. [1880-85, Amer.] Syn. 1. brawl, fracas, scrap, melee, donnybrook. |
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