单词 | duel |
释义 | duel n. & v. --n   1. hist. a contest with deadly weapons between two people, in the presence of two seconds, to settle a point of honour.   2. any contest between two people, parties, causes, animals, etc. (a duel of wits). --vintr. (duelled, duelling; US dueled, dueling) fight a duel or duels. Derivatives dueller n. (US dueler). duellist n. (US duelist). Etymology: It. duello or L duellum (archaic form of bellum war), in med.L = single combat |
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