a knockabout
The meeting turned into a knockabout.
会议变成了一场喧闹的争吵。
闹剧演员；滑稽闹剧
knockabouts — plural of knockabout
过粗野生活的人；生活在暴力环境中的人；临时工；经常打零工者；翻筋斗者；杂技演员；耐磨衣服；耐穿的衣服；无船首斜桅的小帆船（多见于马萨诸塞州）
适合粗穿的衣服。
Clothing suitable for rough use.
习惯打零工的工人。
A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
生活在粗野暴力环境中的人。
A person living in rough, violent conditions.
翻跟斗的人。
A tumbler.
打闹剧的喜剧演员或闹剧。
A slapstick comedian or comedy.
一种没有船首斜桅的小帆船,主要见于马萨诸塞州地区。
A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area.
The meeting turned into a knockabout over budget cuts.
会议因预算削减变成了一场喧闹的争吵。
用法提示：Knockabout 作为可数名词，表示‘喧闹的争论或吵架’。
The children's playful knockabout soon became a real fight.
孩子们闹着玩的争吵很快变成了真正的打斗。
用法提示：Knockabout 在此指‘嬉闹的争吵’，强调其由轻微变为严重。
The harbor was filled with knockabouts, their simple rigs perfect for day sailing.
港湾里停满了单桅帆船，它们简单的索具非常适合日间航行。
用法提示：Knockabout 在此指‘单桅帆船’，是一种没有艏斜桅的简化帆船。
The meeting turned into a knockabout.
会议变成了一场喧闹的争吵。
指一种无艏斜桅的简化单桅帆船。
They own a knockabout for coastal sailing.
他们有一艘用于沿海航行的单桅帆船。
grammar · medium
易错句子They had a knockabout discussion.
正确表达They had a knockabout.
knockabout 是名词，不是形容词，不能修饰 discussion。应用名词形式直接表示“喧闹的争论”。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were many knockabout at the party.
正确表达There were many knockabouts at the party.
knockabout 是可数名词，复数形式应加 -s。
knockabout指单桅帆船或喧闹的争论，而knockout指击倒或淘汰赛，拼写相近但意义完全不同。
knockabout指单桅帆船或喧闹的争论，而knockdown指击倒或降价，拼写相似但含义不同。
knockabout指单桅帆船或喧闹的争论，而knockoff指仿冒品或停止工作，拼写相近但语义无关。
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