fracas
pronunciation
UK ['frækɑ:]
US [ˈfreɪkəs]
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- n.
- 大声吵架
Word Origin
fracas 争吵，打斗等
来自意大利语fracassare, 粉碎，破碎，fra-, 在下，缩写自infra-, -cassare, 摇晃，破碎，词源同discuss, concussion. 引申词义争吵，打斗等。
Example
- 1. Woman killed by flying bottle in pub fracas .
- 酒馆争吵，飞来的酒瓶杀死女子。
- 2. Sunday 's fracas was one of the largest outbreaks of unrest in the company 's almost 40-year history .
- 上周日的事件是该公司近40年历史中规模最大的斗殴事件之一。
- 3. As the fracas in washington has shown , not even the u.s. government can be seen as completely risk-free .
- 正如华盛顿的债务论战所显示出来的，即使是美国政府也不能被视为完全没有风险。
- 4. They got involved in another fracas .
- 他们卷进了另一场喧闹的争吵。
- 5. The police were called in to break up the fracas .
- 警察奉命去制止骚乱。
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