Skip to main content

sparring

/spahr/US // spɑr //UK // (spɑː) //

拼搏,对打,对练,拳击

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
    • : Aeronautics. a principal lateral member of the framework of a wing of an airplane.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sparred, spar·ring.

    • : to provide or make with spars.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • At the very least, he would make a thoughtful and high-minded sparring partner for Clinton in the debates that lie ahead.

  • Yet for all the ideological sparring, the campaign may be decided by something far less exotic: geography.

  • However, occasional verbal sparring is not the only opposition they face.

  • Variety stated that “Branagh and Thompson bring appealing intelligence and verbal snap to their ongoing sparring.”

  • Johansson needed a sparring partner, and a young, brash man, just a year out of the amateurs, volunteered.

  • After which conversational sparring they fell back upon the little commonplaces of the moment.

  • It was a terrific struggle; not the skillful sparring of trained fighters, but the rough and tumble battling of primitive giants.

  • He plied his companions with questions, sparring for more time.

  • "'Twas this way," said Mr. Hennessy, sparring at Mr. Dooley.

  • In fact it was more of a wrestling than a sparring match,—a test of strength, prowess, agility.

sparring - EE Dictionary | EE Dictionary