come to fisticuffs
该短语常用复数 fisticuffs,表示冲突升级为动手互殴。
拳斗
fisticuffs — plural of fisticuff
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拳斗
a fight with the fists
The two men engaged in a brief fisticuff before the police arrived.
警察赶到前,那两人进行了一场短暂的拳斗。
用法提示:此句使用名词形式'fisticuff',指一次具体的拳斗事件。
He was known for settling disputes with fisticuffs rather than words.
他以用拳斗而非言语解决争端而闻名。
用法提示:此句使用复数形式'fisticuffs',表示拳斗这一行为或事件。
The movie's climax features a brutal fisticuff between the hero and the villain.
电影的高潮部分是英雄与恶棍之间一场残酷的拳斗。
用法提示:此句使用'fisticuff',强调这是一场拳斗场景。
该短语常用复数 fisticuffs,表示冲突升级为动手互殴。
The argument quickly came to fisticuffs.
争吵很快演变成了拳斗。
fisticuffs 作复数名词,常与 break out 连用,表示突然发生拳斗。
Fisticuffs broke out among the spectators.
观众中爆发了拳斗。
exchange fisticuffs 指双方互相拳击;fisticuffs 通常用复数。
The two men exchanged fisticuffs outside the bar.
两名男子在酒吧外互相挥拳。
grammar · medium
易错句子The two men got into a fisticuff outside the bar.
正确表达The two men got into fisticuffs outside the bar.
表示“拳斗、互殴”时,fisticuffs 是固定复数形式,不能说 a fisticuff;单数 fisticuff 只表示“一拳”。
grammar · medium
易错句子They fisticuffed each other after the argument.
正确表达They came to fisticuffs after the argument.
fisticuff 是名词,不能直接作动词带宾语;表示“动起手来”要用固定短语 come to fisticuffs,其中 fisticuffs 为复数名词。
grammar · medium
易错句子He won a gold medal in fisticuffs.
正确表达He won a gold medal in boxing.
fisticuffs 指“挥拳互殴”,不是作为体育项目的“拳击”;指奥运会项目“拳击”必须用 boxing。
fisticuff 单数多指“一拳”,复数 fisticuffs 常指“拳斗、拳击”,书面且偏旧,有时带戏谑色彩;fistfight 是日常可数名词,指两人挥拳互殴的实际场面。
fisticuff 作“一拳”解时属书面或古旧用词,单数很少见;表示实际的一击通常用 punch,可数,常与 throw、land 等动词搭配。
fisticuff 的复数 fisticuffs 强调用拳头打斗,带书面色彩;scuffle 指短促混乱的肢体扭打,不一定只用拳,语体更中性。
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