fisticuffs
名词 n.
英 /ˈfɪs.tɪ.kʌfs/
美 /ˈfɪs.tɪˌkəfs/
英文释义
名词 n.
- plural of fisticuff
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An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.
— So he obſerves that all ſimple Governments are apt to ſome evil that is peculiar and conſequential to their Nature, as he inſtanceth in a Kingdom changed into Monarchy abſolute, by which he means that which we now call Tyranny; Ariſtocracy into Oligarchy, and Democracy into Beſtial Chirocracy, when the Seditious of people prevail more by Fiſticuffs than reaſon: […]
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Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.
— In his college days of athletic exercises, Mr. Crisparkle had known professors of the Noble Art of fisticuffs, […]
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