pugilist

n. 拳击手

发音

UK /ˈpjuː.d͡ʒɪlɪst/
US /ˈpju(ː).d͡ʒəlɪst/

词形变化

pugilists 复数 pugilists

别名

pug

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.

    拳击手

    拳师

    拳手

  2. 2.

    One who engages in rhetorical attacks, for himself or on behalf of another.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

boxer

上位词 5

fighter belligerent combatant battler scrapper

下位词 10

heavyweight gladiator lightweight slugger middleweight featherweight bantamweight flyweight palooka prizefighter

词源

From Latin pugil (“boxer”) + -ist, related to pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Compare contemporary pugilism (“boxing”) (1791).

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