wres·tle /ˈrɛsəl, ˈræ-/
摔角,角力,扭斗(vi.)摔角,格鬥,鬥爭,斟酌(vt.)摔角
Wres·tle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrestled p. pr. & vb. n. Wrestling ]
1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. --Shak.
Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman.
2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
Come, wrestle with thy affections. --Shak.
We wrestle not against flesh and blood. --Eph. vi. 12.
Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled. --M. Arnold.
Wres·tle, v. t. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
Wres·tle, n. A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.
Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a terrible hug broke three of his ribs. --Milton.
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wrestle
n : the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had
a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and
wrestling with the bully" [syn: wrestling, grapple, grappling,
hand-to-hand struggle]
v 1: combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He
wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
2: engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I
wrestled with this decision for years"
3: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The
child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn:
writhe, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist]
4: engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the
garden"
Wrestle
(Eph. 6:12). See GAMES.