Spar

spar







Y

1. (船用) 圓材,圓杆

2. 輕拳出擊,(雞) 用爪踢鬥

3.【礦】晶石



D



–noun 

1. Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts (桅杆), etc.; a mast, yard, boom (吊杆), gaff (魚叉,斜桁), or the like.

2. Aeronautics. a principal lateral member of the framework of a wing of an airplane. 



–verb (used with object) 

3. to provide or make with spars. 



–verb (used without object) 

1. (of boxers) to make the motions of attack and defense with the arms and fists, esp. as a part of training.

2. to box, esp. with light blows.

3. to strike or attack with the feet or spurs, as gamecocks do.

4. to bandy (相互投擲) words; dispute. 



–noun 

5. a motion of sparring.

6. a boxing match.

7. a dispute. 



–noun 

any of various more or less lustrous crystalline minerals: fluorspar.【礦】螢石,氟石





　

However, while Sands' protest gains the attention both inside prison walls and in the international news, not everyone believes what he's doing is right, and Sands finds himself verbally sparring with a priest (Liam Cunningham) who [questions] the ethics and effectiveness of the strike. Hunger received its world premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard program.





altercation

bicker

engage in petulant or peevish argument

to flicker, glitter

The [two] were always bickering. a [stream] bickering down the valley. 

The [sun] bickered through the trees.

She hitches a ride with the professor and Marianne, as do a ceaselessly [bickering] married couple.

wedge

a wedge of [pie].  

to wedge [open] a log.  

to wedge clothes [into] a suitcase.

her entry into that world has driven a [wedge] into it that sets everybody [at odds]

Raucous



pang

[a] pang of [remorse] 

hunger pang[s] cf. fang

spar

box with light blows.

bout

match, fray, a contest or trial of strength, as of [boxing]

a bout of [illness] 

She's reliving the throes of adolescent-style [awkwardness]. [Between] bouts,



gynecologist

gravid

travail 

the [pangs] of [childbirth] 

convulsion 

writhe 

throe(s)

the [pangs] of [childbirth], [paroxysm]

the throes of [battle] 

She's reliving the throes of adolescent-style [awkwardness]. [Between] bouts,

Inflict