brawl

英 [brɔːl , bɔːl]

美 [brɔːl , bɔːl]

n.  喧闹; 斗殴; 闹事
v.  打斗; 闹事

复数：brawls　现在分词：brawling　第三人称单数：brawls　过去分词：brawled　过去式：brawled　

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牛津词典

noun

• 喧闹；斗殴；闹事
  a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place
  1. a drunken brawl
     酒后闹事

verb

• 打斗；闹事
  to take part in a noisy and violent fight, usually in a public place
  1. They were arrested for brawling in the street.
     他们因在街上打斗而遭到拘捕。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 打架；斗殴
  Abrawlis a rough or violent fight.
  1. He had been in a drunken street brawl.
     他参与了一场酒后街头斗殴。
• V-RECIP 打架；斗殴
  If someonebrawls, they fight in a very rough or violent way.
  1. He was suspended for a year from University after brawling with police over a speeding ticket...
     他为了一张超速罚单与警察厮打，被大学勒令停学1年。
  2. Two gangs of youths brawled on the dance floor of the ferry.
     两伙青年在渡轮的舞池里打起来了。

英英释义

noun

• a noisy fight in a crowd
  Synonym:free-for-all
• an uproarious party
  Synonym:bashdo

verb

• to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
  1. The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street
  Synonym:wrangle

双语例句

• All three are part of an ideological brawl about the size of government though.
  不过，所有这三个问题，都是围绕政府规模的理念争论的一部分。
• A drunken brawl had broken out in the bar.
  酒吧里暴发了一场醉后斗殴。
• He got a load on and started a brawl.
  他喝酒过量开始了怒骂。
• Two gangs of youths brawled on the dance floor of the ferry.
  两伙青年在渡轮的舞池里打起来了。
• He hit her with a frying pan during a drunken brawl.
  他酒后耍酒疯用平底锅打了她。
• The brawl in the street could be heard in the house nearby.
  在附近的房子里都可以听到街上的争吵声。
• A discussion of The Deer Hunter, a 1978 film, ended in a brawl.
  有一次，他们关于1978年的电影《猎鹿人》在他们家饭桌上的讨论最终又导致了一次大争吵。
• The young men had nothing better to do than brawl in the streets.
  这些年轻人除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• Statesmen of the nation be brawl with each other.
  全国的政治家彼此争吵。
• The tiny murmur of the brook became a loud brawl.
  小河的潺潺声变成了响亮的淙淙声。