duel英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.

— I have often thought since, how different my fate might have been, had I not fallen in love with Nora at that early age; and had I not flung the wine in Quin’s face, and so brought on the duel.
Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).
Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas. broadly

— a sniper duel

动词 v.

To engage in a battle.

— The two dogs were duelling for the bone.

词形变化

duels plural duels present,singular,third-person dueling US,participle,present duelling UK,participle,present dueled US,participle,past dueled US,past duelled UK,participle,past duelled UK,past

词源

词源 1

From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men, duel”), itself from Old Latin duellum (“war, fight”), which survived in Classical Latin as a rare byform of bellum and was later reinterpreted as “duel” by unetymological association with duo (“two”).
May have entered English through Middle French duel.

词源 2

From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men, duel”), itself from Old Latin duellum (“war, fight”), which survived in Classical Latin as a rare byform of bellum and was later reinterpreted as “duel” by unetymological association with duo (“two”).
May have entered English through Middle French duel.