单词 | duel |
释义 | duel —duelistic; esp. Brit., duellistic, adj. /dooh"euhl, dyooh"-/, n. , v. , dueled, dueling or (esp. Brit.) duelled, duelling. n. 1. a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, esp. to settle a private quarrel. 2. any contest between two persons or parties. v.t. , v.i. 3. to fight in a duel. [1585-95; earlier duell < ML duellum, L: earlier form of bellum war, prob. maintained and given sense "duel" by assoc. with L duo TWO] |
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