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A wrestler is a person who does wrestling — the sport where two people grip each other and try to force each other to the ground. It is a countable noun.
A wrestler is a person who does wrestling摔角手/角力選手就是從事 wrestling 的人 — the sport where two people grip each other and try to force each other to the ground那是兩個人互相抓住、想把對方摔倒在地的運動. It is a countable noun它是可數名詞.
The word covers two rather different worlds, and native speakers usually know which one you mean from the context. There is the real Olympic sport, where wrestlers are serious athletes in tight suits fighting for points; and there is professional wrestling on television, WWE and so on, where wrestlers are performers with stage names, costumes and stories, and the fights are planned in advance.
The word covers two rather different worlds這個字涵蓋兩個相當不同的世界, and native speakers usually know which one you mean from the context母語人士通常能從上下文判斷你指的是哪一個. There is the real Olympic sport一個是真正的奧運項目, where wrestlers are serious athletes in tight suits fighting for points選手穿著緊身衣、認真為分數而戰; and there is professional wrestling on television, WWE and so on另一個是電視上的職業摔角,像 WWE 那種, where wrestlers are performers with stage names, costumes and stories選手是有藝名、有裝扮、有故事情節的表演者, and the fights are planned in advance而且比賽是事先安排好的.
If someone says "my is a wrestler", English speakers in America will probably think of school or college wrestling, which is a big deal there; elsewhere they may picture the TV kind.
If someone says "my brother is a wrestler"如果有人說 "my brother is a wrestler", English speakers in America will probably think of school or college wrestling美國人大概會想到學校或大學的角力, which is a big deal there那在美國是很受重視的, elsewhere they may picture the TV kind其他地方的人可能會想到電視摔角那種.
Because wrestlers are usually big and strong, the word also gets used as a picture of body type — "he has a wrestler's neck", "built like a wrestler". wrestler is the usual English for 相撲選手; the word wrestler is doing the work there. Note there is no separate feminine form: a woman who wrestles is a wrestler.
Because wrestlers are usually big and strong因為摔角選手通常都高大強壯, the word also gets used as a picture of body type這個字也被拿來形容體型 — "he has a wrestler's neck", "built like a wrestler"像 "he has a wrestler's neck"、"built like a wrestler" 這樣的說法. Sumo wrestler is the usual English for 相撲選手Sumo wrestler 是「相撲選手」通常對應的英文; the word wrestler is doing the work there這裡負責這個意思的就是 wrestler 這個字. Note there is no separate feminine form要注意沒有另外的陰性形式: a woman who wrestles is a wrestler會摔角的女性也是叫 wrestler.
組成wrestle (to fight by gripping and throwing) + -er (a person who does it). Wrestle itself comes from Middle English wrastlen, built on an older word meaning to twist or wrench.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
wrestlernoun
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governmenthobbieslifestyleA person who wrestles.
- it isn't easy to avoid all the wrestler's holds.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。