wrangle

C1 大学 FREQ #33515 ★☆☆☆☆

vi. 争论, 口角 vt. 辩驳, 放牧 n. 口角, 吵嘴

发音

其它 /ˈɹæŋɡəl/

词形变化

wrangles 复数 wrangles wrangled wrangledst wrangles 三单 wrangleth wrangling wrangling 现在分词 wrangled 过去式 wrangled 过去分词 wranglest wrangledst 过去式 wrangleth 三单 wrangled 复数

教材释义与例句

名词

争论;吵嘴

动词

争论;争吵;辩驳

动词

争论;争吵

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.

    不可数 可数

    Wrangle and bloodshed followed thence.

  3. 3.

    A contentious argument or response.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  4. 4.

    A controversy.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v. C1
  1. 1.

    To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.

    及物
  2. 2.

    Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner.

    古体 罕用 及物
  4. 4.

    To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.

    古体 罕用 及物
  5. 5.

    To herd (horses or other livestock).

    美国 及物
  6. 6.

    To herd (horses or other livestock).

    To manage or supervise (people).

    美国 幽默 及物 引申义
  7. 7.

    To herd (horses or other livestock).

    To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.

    美国 比喻 及物
  8. 8.

    Followed by out of: to compel or drive (someone or something) away through arguing.

    废旧 及物
  9. 9.

    Followed by out: to put forward arguments on (a case, a matter disagreed upon, etc.).

    废旧 及物
  10. 10.

    To cause (oneself) grief through arguing or quarrelling.

    废旧 及物
  11. 11.

    To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.

    比喻 不及物
  12. 12.

    To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.

    不及物
  13. 13.

    To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.

    比喻 不及物

词汇关系

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词源

The verb is derived from Middle English wranglen, wrangle (“to contend with (someone) in a test of strength; (figuratively) to make misleading arguments to entrap”); from a Middle Dutch or Middle Low German word related to Middle Dutch wrangen and Middle Low German wrangen (“to cause an uproar; to struggle, wrestle”) (whence Low German wrangeln (“to wrangle”)), related to Middle Dutch wringen (“to twist; to wrest; to wring; to struggle, wrestle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze; to twist; to wring”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Danish vringle (“to twist, entangle”) * German rangeln (“to wrestle”)

来源:wiktionary