wrangle
英 [ˈræŋ.ɡəl]
美 [ˈræŋ.ɡəl]
- n. 争论;吵嘴
- vi. 争论;争吵
- vt. 争论;争吵;辩驳
- n. (Wrangle)人名;(瑞典)弗朗勒
1. 谐音“嚷够了”(没有啊?)
2. 谐音“我让了”-----我们总是吵嘴,但是我总是让着她。
wrangle 争吵来自PIE*wrengh,弯,转,来自PIE*wergh的鼻音形式,词源同wring,wriggle。引申词义纠缠,扭打,争吵。
- wrangle
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wrangle: see wrong
- wrangle (v.)
- late 14c., from Low German wrangeln "to dispute, to wrestle," related to Middle Low German wringen, from Proto-Germanic *wrang-, from PIE *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring). Meaning "take charge of horses" is by 1897, American English. Related: Wrangled; wrangling. The noun is recorded from 1540s.
- 1. He was involved in a legal wrangle with the Health Secretary.
- 他卷入了与卫生大臣的法律纠纷之中。
- 2. a legal wrangle between the company and their suppliers
- 这家公司与各供货商之间长期的法律纠纷
- 3. I don't want to get into a wrangle with the committee.
- 我不想同委员会发生争执.
- 4. The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.
- 这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争吵中闹翻了.
- 5. The two of them began to wrangle the moment they got talking.
- 他们两人一谈就顶牛儿.