| 词汇 | rough-and-tumble |
| 释义 | rough and tumbleidiom fighting between children that is not serious: 孩子间的小打斗 It was just a bit of rough and tumble.那只不过是孩子间的小打小闹。 a busy activity that people do in a very forceful way: 激烈的竞争;混战 She enjoys the rough and tumble of politics.她喜欢复杂的政治斗争。 General words for fun amusement craic fling fun gas giggle good clean fun hoopla jollification jollity laugh lolz merriment play riot rough sport whimsy You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Busy and active rough-and-tumble | American Dictionaryrough-and-tumble adjective us/ˈrʌf ən ˈtʌm·bəl/ very competitive and failing to pay attention to rules: rough-and-tumble politics Examples of rough and tumblerough and tumble During the first half of the century in a rough-and-tumble colony, physical aggressiveness turned out to be a real asset. It demonstrated its capacities for political rough-and-tumble in the early days of its reformation in the 1560s and early 1570s. If a pain expression communicates to conspecifics, then perhaps it arose not during threat or trauma but as a means of keeping rough-and-tumble play from becoming dangerous. Having a general criminal prohibition against insult may make more sense in a highlyordered society with well-established patterns of deference and civility than in a more loosely organized, rough-and-tumble society. Furthermore, certain emotional states are independent of the occurrence of rewards or punishments, for instance, many moods and the joys of young animals that underlie rough-and-tumble play. We must at all costs have a good rough-and-tumble force on the frontier, and an armed gendarmerie, with modern equipment, for the plains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the men who did the rough-and-tumble work and the dangerous work are living in the workhouse and are in a condition of penury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a rough-and-tumble and chairs were broken, the audience standing on tiptoe to watch the proceedings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have changed from many rough-and-tumble and bitter ideas and hatreds of the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been in the rough-and-tumble of political life long enough to avoid falling down even well-greased stairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, of course, perfectly true that a rough-and-tumble is news, while a happy evening by the television is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Parliamentary life and electioneering, say what you like, are rough-and-tumble proceedings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my experience, having worked with women in the actual rough-and-tumble of industrial labour, women are quite as capable of forming a judgment as are men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes, but not in all cases, they are not used to the rough-and-tumble of the administration of the law which those who have practised in the country know. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rats emit short, high frequency, ultrasonic, vocalizations during purportedly pleasurable experiences such as rough-and-tumble play, before receiving morphine, during mating, and when tickled. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of rough and tumble These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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