wrestle
/ˈrɛsl̩//ˈrɛs(ə)l/
- n.
- 摔跤，角力，扭斗
- vi.
- 摔跤，搏斗，斗争，斟酌
- vt.
- 与(对手)摔跤
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
- -le
- A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating repetition or continuousness:
词源链
词源说明
The verb is derived from Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (“to engage in grappling combat or sport, struggle, wrestle; to twist and turn, squirm, wriggle, writhe; (figurative) to contend, grapple with, struggle”), from Old English wrǣstlian (“to wrestle”), a frequentative form of wrǣstan (“to twist, wrest”), from Proto-Germanic *wraistijaną (“to turn; to twist, wrest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). By surface analysis, wrest + -le (frequentative suffix). Probably related to wraxle (UK, dialectal, archaic).
The noun is derived from the verb.