scuffle

英語

發音

Scuffle

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈskʌfəl/

• 音頻 (澳洲)：

  (檔案)

• 韻部：-ʌfəl
• 斷字：scuf‧fle

詞源1

可能源自北日耳曼語支或斯堪的納維亞語言；對比瑞典語 skuff (“推”, 名詞)、skuffa (“推”, 動詞)，源自原始日耳曼語 *skuf- (skuƀ)，源自原始印歐語 *skewbʰ-，參見立陶宛語 skùbti (“急忙”)、波蘭語 skubać (“拔”)、阿爾巴尼亞語 humb (“丟失”)。

名詞

scuffle (複數 scuffles)

1. 扭打，打鬥，小規模衝突
   • 1692, Roger L'Estrange, “Fab[le] CCCCLXX. A Farmer and His Servant.”, 出自 Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflexions, London: Printed for R[ichard] Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, M[atthew] Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, and J[oseph] Hindmarsh, →OCLC; 2nd corrected and amended版, London: Printed for R[ichard] Sare, B. Took, M[atthew] Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, J[oseph] Hindmarsh, and G[eorge] Sawbridge, 1694, →OCLC，第 435 頁:

     The Dog leaps upon the Serpent, and Tears it to Pieces; but in the Scuffle the Cradle happen'd to be Overturn'd: […]

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, 出自 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine，第 198 頁:

     It appears the Company had received news that one of their captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2016年6月11日, Phil McNulty, “England 1–1 Russia”, 出自 BBC Sport‎^[1]，於13 June 2016歸檔自原頁面:

     Fights ensued as many England supporters attempted to retreat before some stewards moved in. Intermittent scuffles continued to break out until the section of the crowd where the trouble started was vacated.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. (古) 幼兒用的圍兜

動詞

scuffle (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 scuffles，現在分詞 scuffling，一般過去時及過去分詞 scuffled)

1. (不及物) 扭打，打鬥
   • 1648, attributed to Charles I of England, Εἰκὼν Βασιλική [Eikōn Basilikē = Royal Portrait]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie, in His Solitvdes and Svfferings, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC，第 15 頁:

     Certainly a gallant man had rather fight to great diſadvantages for number and place in the field in an orderly way, then ſcuffle with an undiſciplined rabble.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. (不及物) 窸窸窣窣地走
3. (俚語) 勉強過活，生活艱難

詞源2

借自荷蘭語 schoffel。

名詞

scuffle (複數 scuffles)

1. 推式鋤

近義詞

• scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe

參考資料

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.