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duello

/doo-el-oh, dyoo-; Italian doo-el-law/US // duˈɛl oʊ, dyu-; Italian duˈɛl lɔ //UK // (djuːˈɛləʊ) //

决斗,决战,决斗者,决赛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the practice or art of dueling.
    • : the code of rules regulating dueling.

Examples

  • I drew myself up before him, and I bowed as I have done in the duello.

  • The antagonists in the strange duello sat back to back, astraddle a seat.

  • So much for the code duello, so much for false pride and extreme ideas of what should touch one's honor.

  • He was not a woodsman, and they expected from him something different from the usual duello of the woods.

  • In the army the Italian still fights his duello, but these affairs never get into the newspapers, as in France.