wrestle

noun

1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

e.g. they had a fierce wrestle
we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully

Synonym: wrestlinggrapplegrapplinghand-to-hand struggle

verb

1. engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate

e.g. I wrestled with this decision for years

2. combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force

e.g. He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority

3. engage in a wrestling match

e.g. The children wrestled in the garden

4. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

e.g. The prisoner writhed in discomfort
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace

Synonym: writhewrigglewormsquirmtwist

1. 试图解决;绞尽脑汁处理
When you wrestle with a difficult problem, you try to deal with it.

e.g. Delegates wrestled with the problems of violence and sanctions...
代表们试图解决暴力与惩处的问题。
e.g. We're wrestling with a recession...
我们在全力应付经济衰退问题。

2. 摔跤;扭斗
If you wrestle with someone, you fight them by forcing them into painful positions or throwing them to the ground, rather than by hitting them. Some people wrestle as a sport.

e.g. They taught me to wrestle...
他们教我摔跤。
e.g. The bridesmaids and pageboys squealed and wrestled with each other in the garden.
伴娘和伴童在花园里尖叫着，扭打在一起。

3. 使劲搬动;用力移动
If you wrestle a person or thing somewhere, you move them there using a lot of force, for example by twisting a part of someone's body into a painful position.

e.g. We had to physically wrestle the child from the man's arms...
我们只得用力把孩子从那个男子手中夺过来。
e.g. The stationmaster pounced and wrestled the gun from him...
站长猛扑过去，奋力夺下他手中的枪。

4. see also: wrestling

1. 筋肉人摔角：054 Ice Climber 敲冰块 | 055 Wrestle 筋肉人摔角 | 056 Nuts And Milk 牛奶与花生

2. 摔角：wrest 扭 | wrestle 摔角 | wrestling 摔角

3. wrestle的近义词

3. 打架：couch 床,沙发 | wrestle 打架 | fight 吵架