brawl的词源

英文词源

brawl (v.)

late 14c., braulen "to cry out, scold, quarrel," probably related to Dutch brallen "to boast," or from French brailler "to shout noisily," frequentative of braire "to bray" (see bray (v.)). Meaning "quarrel, wrangle, squabble" is from early 15c. Related: Brawled; brawling.

brawl (n.)

mid-15c., from brawl (v.).

中文词源

brawl：争吵、打架

发音释义：[brɔːl] vi.争吵；打架；大喊大叫vt. 大声喊出；为…争吵n. 争吵；打架

词源解释：来自古英语braulen（喊出、吵架）

词组习语：mass brawl（群殴）；street brawl（街头斗殴）

助记窍门：与形近字crawl（爬行）一起记：brawl→谐音“不弱”→不甘示弱→争吵、打架；crawl→谐音“可弱”→甘心示弱→匍匐、爬行

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：brawl 词源，brawl 含义。

brawl：喧闹

拟声词，同bray.