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Latin Duel Duo Late Medieval Duellum 12874.Duel 英

正面 12874.duel
英 ['djuːəl]美 ['dʊəl]

背面
释义:
n. 决斗;斗争,抗争vi. 决斗n. (Duel)人名;(西)杜埃尔;(英)迪尤尔
例句:
1. Feeling were so intense that they fought a duel.双方情绪异常激烈,以至进行了一场决斗.

1. bell- / -bel => duel ( b- => du- ).2. duo "two" => duel.3. 该词受上面的双重影响。4. 谐音“斗哦,斗恶”。
duel 决斗来自拉丁语duellum, 战争,打斗,词源同bellicose, Bellona.但后来受拉丁语duo及对骑士精神诗意的向往,引申词义决斗,特指一对一的公平的决斗。
duelduel: see dualduel (n.)1590s (from late 13c. in Latin form), from Medieval Latin duellum "combat between two persons," by association with Latin duo "two," but originally from Latin duellum "war," an Old Latin form of bellum (see bellicose). Retained in poetic and archaic language and apparently given a special meaning in Medieval or Late Latin of "one-on-one combat" on fancied connection with duo "two."duel (v.)1640s, see duel (n.). Related: Dueled; dueling; duelling."

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