pugilist

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpjuː.d͡ʒɪlɪst/    美 /ˈpju(ː).d͡ʒəlɪst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
    — I laugh and hoot at ye, ye cricket-players, ye pugilists, ye deaf Burkes and blind Bendigoes!
  2. One who engages in rhetorical attacks, for himself or on behalf of another. figuratively
    — President Obama's style leaves liberal activists in the Democratic Party cold. They prefer a pugilist fighting for principle over a pragmatist agreeing to compromises. Can the president reignite the enthusiasm of his party's core supporters by November?

词形变化

pugilists plural

词汇关系

衍生词
pugilistic
相关词
pugilism pugnacious

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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