rencounter
/ren-koun-ter/US // rɛnˈkaʊn tər //UK // (rɛnˈkaʊntə) archaic //
碰头会,碰瓷,碰面会,碰面
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n.名词 noun
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Also rencontre.
- : a hostile meeting; battle.
- : a contest of any kind.
- : a casual meeting.
- 1
- : to encounter casually.
- : Obsolete. to meet hostilely.
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Examples
I was saved the agony of hearing of this rencounter before my husband came back, or I should have suffered greatly.
The rencounter came at a heavy moment, one of all moments calculated to permit its impact with the least emotional shock.
Without a thought they began a sort of challenging rencounter with horse-artillery and cavalry.
His death was occasioned by wounds which he received in the unfortunate rencounter at the Navigator's Islands.
Between these two vessels an unfortunate and silly rencounter followed.
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