brawl

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++brawl1 /brɔːl $ brɒːl/ noun [countable] FIGHTa noisy quarrel or fight among a group of people, especially in a public place 〔尤指在公共场所的〕争吵，斗殴，闹事 a drunken brawl in the street 街上的酒后斗殴

Examples from the Corpus

brawl• He got his face cut in a brawl outside a nightclub.• She had lost her eye when she was fifteen, in a brawl with the Gaschuggers outside Welcome, Arizona.• Bars had sprung up on South Railroad Street and around the depot, and robberies and brawls were commonplace.• Together they shoot up, play soccer, get into barroom brawls, mug tourists and steal to support their habits.• a drunken brawl• Daley, like this town, relished a political brawl.• He died as a result of injuries received in a street brawl.• This altered Romeo strikes us as oddly passive after Juliet is exiled for killing his cousin Tybalt in a street brawl.• Meanwhile Leeds and Spurs were fined £150,000 each after the brawl at Elland Road.• No one was injured in the brawl, which police quickly stopped.• Several witnesses said that Slatter started the brawl.brawl2 verb [intransitive] FIGHTto quarrel or fight in a noisy way, especially in a public place 〔尤指在公共场所〕争吵，打斗，闹事 Fans brawled outside the stadium. 球迷们在体育馆外面闹事。 —brawler noun [countable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

brawl• Her only daughter, the apple of her eye, had been brawling in the street.• The soldiers stayed up all night, brawling their guts out.• Now he just brawls with the bad guys.Origin brawl1 (1300-1400) Perhaps from the sound of fighting

brawl1 nounbrawl2 verbChinese

a among quarrel a noisy or group of people, Corpus fight

brawl

brawl¹ /brɔːl $ brɒːl/

noun [countable]

Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Perhaps from the sound of fighting

a noisy quarrel or fight among a group of people, especially in a public place:

a drunken brawl in the street

THESAURUS

■ when people hit or attack each other
   ▪ fight a situation in which people hit or attack each other because of an argument, or as a sport: He had a fight with an older boy. | the famous fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman
   ▪ battle a fight between opposing armies or groups of people: The English king was killed at the Battle of Hastings. | a battle between two rival gangs
   ▪ scuffle a short fight that is not very violent: There was a short scuffle with the police, but no arrests were made.
   ▪ punch-up British English informal a fight in which people hit each other because of an argument: The game turned into a punch-up.
   ▪ brawl a noisy fight between a group of people: He was hurt in a drunken brawl.
   ▪ altercation formal a short noisy argument or fight, especially one that is not serious: There was a brief altercation and someone called the police.
   ▪ riot a fight involving a large number of people, especially people who are protesting about something: The book provoked riots all over Europe.

brawl²

verb [intransitive]
to quarrel or fight in a noisy way, especially in a public place:

Fans brawled outside the stadium.
—brawler noun [countable]

noun,

verb

brawl

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NAmE

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noun

a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place 喧闹；斗殴；闹事

◆a drunken brawl酒后闹事

<titled tranID="14" status="1">fight</titled>clash ◇ brawl ◇ struggle ◇ scuffle

These are all words for a situation in which people try to defeat each other using physical force. 以上各词均指搏斗、打斗、打架。

fight a situation in which two or more people try to defeat each other using physical force 指搏斗、打斗、打架：◆He got into a fight with a man in the bar. 他在酒吧里和一个男人斗殴。
clash (journalism 新闻) a short fight between two groups of people （新闻用语）指两群人之间短暂的打斗、打架、冲突：◆Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators. 警方与示威者发生了冲突。
brawl a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place 通常指一群人在公共场合喧闹、斗殴、闹事：◆a drunken brawl in a bar 在酒吧里酒后闹事
struggle a fight between two people or groups of people, especially when one of them is trying to escape, or to get sth from the other 指搏斗、扭打，尤指抢夺、挣扎脱身：◆There were no signs of a struggle at the murder scene. 在谋杀现场没有打斗痕迹。
scuffle a short and not very violent fight or struggle 指短暂而不太激烈的扭打、冲突：◆He was involved in a scuffle with a photographer. 他和一名摄影记者发生了肢体冲撞。