duel
Word family nounduellerduellingduellistduellodueladjectiveduelsome
du·el1 /ˈdjuːəl $ ˈduːəl/ noun [countableC] → dual1 PMWFIGHTa fight with weapons between two people, used in the past to settle a quarrel 〔旧时两人为解决争执的〕决斗 The officer challenged him to a duel. 那军官向他提出决斗。
2 DISAGREEa situation in which two people or groups are involved in an angry disagreement 〔双方进行的〕斗争,对抗 duel2 verb (duelled, duelling British EnglishBrE, dueled, dueling American EnglishAmE) [intransitiveI] PMWFIGHTto fight a duel 进行决斗 Origin duel1 (1400-1500) Medieval Latin duellum, from (influenced by duo “two”) Latin bellum “war”