combat

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈkɒmˌbæt/|/ˈkʌmˌbæt/    /ˈkɑmˌbæt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used). countable,uncountable
    — "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
  2. a struggle for victory countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To fight; to struggle against. transitive
    — It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.
  2. To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against). intransitive
    — To combat with a blind man I disdain.

词形变化

combats plural combats present,singular,third-person combating participle,present combatting participle,present combated participle,past combated past combatted participle,past combatted past

词源

词源 1
16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).
词源 2
16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).
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