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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrangled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wrangling}.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See {Wrong},
   {Wring}.]
   1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]

   2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to
      brawl; to altercate. ``In spite of occasional
      wranglings.'' --Macaulay.

            For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak.

            He did not know what it was to wrangle on
            indifferent points.                   --Addison.

Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. t.
   To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] --Bp.
   Sanderson.

Wrangle \Wran"gle\, n.
   An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an
   altercation.

   Syn: Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest;
        controversy. See {Altercation}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

wrangle
     n 1: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
          [syn: {quarrel}, {row}, {words}, {run-in}, {dustup}]
     2: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn: {haggle},
         {haggling}, {wrangling}]

wrangle
     v 1: to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper
          threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down
          the street" [syn: {brawl}]
     2: herd and care for; "wrangle horses"
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