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scuf·fle
/ˈskʌfəl/
(
vi
.)扭打,混戰,拖著腳走,敷衍了事扭打,混戰,拖著腳走
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Scuf·fle
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Scuffled
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Scuffling
]
1.
To
strive
or
struggle
with
a
close
grapple
;
to
wrestle
in
a
rough
fashion
.
2.
Hence
,
to
strive
or
contend
tumultuously
;
to
struggle
confusedly
or
at
haphazard
.
A
gallant
man
had
rather
fight
to
great
disadvantage
in
the
field
,
in
an
orderly
way
,
than
scuffle
with
an
undisciplined
rabble
.
--
Eikon
Basilike
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Scuf·fle
,
n.
1.
A
rough
,
haphazard
struggle
,
or
trial
of
strength
;
a
disorderly
wrestling
at
close
quarters
.
2.
Hence
,
a
confused
contest
;
a
tumultuous
struggle
for
superiority
;
a
fight
.
The
dog
leaps
upon
the
serpent
,
and
tears
it
to
pieces
;
but
in
the
scuffle
the
cradle
happened
to
be
overturned
.
--
L'Estrange
.
3.
A
child's
pinafore
or
bib
. [
Prov
.
Eng
.]
4.
A
garden
hoe
. [
Prov
.
Eng
.]
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
scuffle
n
1:
disorderly
fighting
[
syn
:
hassle
,
tussle
,
dogfingt
,
rough-and-tumble
]
2:
a
hoe
that
is
used
by
pushing
rather
than
pulling
[
syn
:
scuffle
hoe
,
Dutch hoe
]
3:
an
unceremonious
and
disorganized
struggle
[
syn
:
scramble
]
v
1:
walk
by
dragging
one's
feet
; "
he
shuffled
out
of
the
room
";
"
We
heard
his
feet
shuffling
down
the
hall
" [
syn
:
shuffle
,
shamble
]
2:
fight
or
struggle
in
a
confused
way
at
close
quarters
; "
the
drunken
men
started
to
scuffle
" [
syn
:
tussle
]
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