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prizefighter

/prahyz-fahyt/US // ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt //UK // (ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt) //

斗士,斗士奖,拳击手,拳手

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • We no longer have prizefights where people batter each other to death.

  • She trained for Justine like a prizefighter trains for an opponent, studying her every decision from inside out.

  • There the housekeeper selected a driver, a burly man who looked as if he might have been an ex-prizefighter.

  • I raised my arms over my head like a prizefighter and made my exit from Social Studies and began the perp-walk to the office.

  • Peggy scowled and doubled up her fists, thinking of a picture of a prizefighter that she had once seen.

  • He was a well-known prizefighter that young Sales Wilson had picked up and brought down to teach the boys.

  • We rarely find an artist who takes much interest in jurisprudence, or a prizefighter who is an acute metaphysician.