altercation

FREQ #19903

n. 争论, 争吵

发音

UK /ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn̩/
其它
UK /ˌɒl-/
US /ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/
CA /ˌɑltɚˈkeɪʃən/
US /ˌɑltɚˈkeɪʃən/

词形变化

altercations 复数 altercations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An angry or heated dispute.

    争吵

    可数 不可数

    to get into an altercation over (something)

    The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.

  2. 2.

    An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.

    审判

    可数 历史 法律 不可数
  3. 3.

    Angry or heated disputation.

    争吵

    不可数 可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

fracas affray

上位词 6

words row quarrel run-in wrangle dustup

词源

Borrowed from Latin altercātiō. Cognates * Catalan altercació * Italian altercazione * Occitan altercatio, altercassion * Portuguese altercação * Spanish altercación

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