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

• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.
  我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。
• Usually you can see them, play or brawl on the street.
  通常你能见到他们在街上玩或吵架。
• 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。
• 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。
• The easiest way to start an academic brawl is to ask what an educated person should know.
  开始一个学术争论最容易的办法就是问一个受教育的人应该知道什么。
• We could hear the loud brawl of a brook behind the house.
  我们可以听到房子后面小坝的哗哗流水声。
• How did the people in the US saw this brawl?
  美国人是怎么看这场骚乱的？
• 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。
• We don't teach you how to brawl here.
  我们可不教你怎么打架。
• Began their season with a bench-clearing brawl.
  以一次全场打斗开始了他们的新赛季。