Definition of "battle" in 英语

noun

1. A contest, a struggle.

   • the battle of life

2. (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.

3. (military, now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.

4. (military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.

   • hovering aloofe in the fields he suffered Wyat his Van and main Battell (cutting off some of the Reare) to march undisturbed save with one shot, from Knights-Bridge to Charing Chrosse.

5. (military) Clipping of battle buddy.

verb

1. (intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight

   • Scientists always battle over theories.
   • She has been battling against cancer for years.

2. (transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.

   • She has been battling cancer for years.

adjective

1. Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.

   • battle grass    battle pasture

2. (by extension) Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.

   • battle land    battle soil

verb

1. To feed or nourish (someone or something).

2. To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.