| 词汇 | wrangled |
| 释义 | wrangled past simple and past participle ofwrangle wrangle verb uk /ˈræŋ.ɡəl/ us /ˈræŋ.ɡəl/ wrangleverb (ARGUE)[ I ] to argue with someone about something, especially for a long time: They had been wrangling with the authorities about parking spaces. The two companies are still wrangling over the details of their proposed collaboration. Government, environmentalists, and utilities wrangle over how to cut pollution from the nation's power plants. They wrangled about whether companies should be required to treat stock options as a business cost. Arguing & disagreeing agent provocateur aggressor alienate alienated argue with someone argumentatively bone conflict differ flame hammer lock hornsidiom non-circular non-consensual pick piggy in the middle provocateur quibble says who?idiom the fur fliesidiom wrangleverb (DEAL WITH)[ T ]mainly US to take care of, control, or move animals, especially large animals such as cows or horses: The young rancher goes wrangling cattle to earn some money. He sold most of his belongings and drove to Wyoming to wrangle horses at a ranch. [ T+ adv/prep ] to move a person or thing somewhere, usually with difficulty or using force: She wrangled the children into their seats in the back of the car. They were arrested and wrangled into the police car. [ I or T ]informal to take care of or deal with someone or something, usually when this is difficult: I was raised in a house where my father worked long hours, and my mother stayed home, wrangling kids, cooking, cleaning, washing clothes. She has to wrangle classes of over 30 students. He was wrangling with the issue of whether to sign the contract or not. The men acted as porters and wrangled the heavily-packed llamas. I dreaded the thought of having to wrangle two huge suitcases on my own. He starts his new job soon and won't be around to help wrangle the kids. She continues to pursue interesting projects whilst wrangling two small children. Animal farming - general words animal husbandry aquaculture aquaponics bedding beekeeping dip draft drove hand-rear hand-reared heeler herd honeycomb sheep shearing sheepdog shepherd slaughter stable subtherapeutic teaser You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Pushing and shoving Controlling and being in charge wrangleverb (GET)[ T ] to succeed in getting something by persuading someone or by being clever in some way: Breaking with usual hospital practice, he wrangled permission to follow his patients into the operating theatre. She managed to wrangle an invitation to the White House concert. Synonym wangle It looks as though the company has wrangled a good deal with the banks. Somehow they managed to wrangle funds for the trip. It was remarkable that some of the least powerful countries on earth managed to wrangle any concessions at all out of the Americans at the World Trade Organization negotiations. Getting, receiving and accepting acceptance acquirable acquire acquisition awardee carve draw earn get back get out of something get/lay/put your hands on someoneidiom glom onto something/someone go to someone score screw screw something out of someone seize seize on/upon something snap something up Related wordwrangling |
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