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rencounter

/ren-koun-ter/US // rɛnˈkaʊn tər //UK // (rɛnˈkaʊntə) archaic //

碰头会,碰瓷,碰面会,碰面

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Also rencontre.

    • : a hostile meeting; battle.
    • : a contest of any kind.
    • : a casual meeting.
  1. 1
    • : to encounter casually.
    • : Obsolete. to meet hostilely.

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Examples

  • I was saved the agony of hearing of this rencounter before my husband came back, or I should have suffered greatly.

  • The rencounter came at a heavy moment, one of all moments calculated to permit its impact with the least emotional shock.

  • Without a thought they began a sort of challenging rencounter with horse-artillery and cavalry.

  • His death was occasioned by wounds which he received in the unfortunate rencounter at the Navigator's Islands.

  • Between these two vessels an unfortunate and silly rencounter followed.