chance-medley

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. countable,historical,uncountable
    — Manſlaughter, otherwiſe called Chancemedley, is when two do fight together upon the ſudden, and by meer Chance, without any Malice precedent, and one of them doth kill the other; this alſo is Felony of Death.
  2. Luck; chance; accident. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — This is true in the general right of marriage, but not in the chance-medley of every particular match.

词形变化

chance-medleys plural chancemedley alternative

词汇关系

近义词
hap

词源

From Old French chance medlée, literally "mingled chance", with postpositive adjective (often confused because of the fact that medley is also a noun).
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