英语单词

wrangle是什么意思

wrangle

英 ['ræŋg(ə)l] 美 ['ræŋɡl]
  • n. 争论;吵嘴
  • vi. 争论;争吵
  • vt. 争论;争吵;辩驳
  • n. (Wrangle)人名;(瑞典)弗朗勒

助记提示


1. 谐音“嚷够了”(没有啊?)
2. 谐音“我让了”-----我们总是吵嘴,但是我总是让着她。

中文词源


wrangle 争吵

来自PIE*wrengh,弯,转,来自PIE*wergh的鼻音形式,词源同wring,wriggle。引申词义纠缠,扭打,争吵。

英文词源


wrangle
wrangle: see wrong
wrangle (v.)
late 14c., from Low German wrangeln "to dispute, to wrestle," related to Middle Low German wringen, from Proto-Germanic *wrang-, from PIE *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring). Meaning "take charge of horses" is by 1897, American English. Related: Wrangled; wrangling. The noun is recorded from 1540s.

双语例句


1. He was involved in a legal wrangle with the Health Secretary.
他卷入了与卫生大臣的法律纠纷之中。

来自柯林斯例句

2. a legal wrangle between the company and their suppliers
这家公司与各供货商之间长期的法律纠纷

来自《权威词典》

3. I don't want to get into a wrangle with the committee.
我不想同委员会发生争执.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.
这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争吵中闹翻了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The two of them began to wrangle the moment they got talking.
他们两人一谈就顶牛儿.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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