cut and thrust

短语

肉搏战

发音

AU

别名

cut-and-thrust

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The use of vehement arguments.

    习语 不可数

    He never got used to the cut and thrust of political debate.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:cut and thrust.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

knife fight snickersnee

上位词 4

fight fighting combat scrap

词源

A metaphor referring to swordplay.

来源：wiktionary