1[uncountableU]LOUD/NOISY a situation in which people compete with each other, often in a cruel way 激烈的竞争
rough and tumble of
the rough and tumble of public life
公共生活的激烈竞争
2.[singular, uncountableU]LOUD/NOISYnoisyroughbehaviour when playing or fighting, especially by children 〔尤指孩子的〕喧闹,打闹,粗野的举止
—rough-and-tumbleadjectiveadj [only before noun]
Most boys enjoy rough-and-tumble play.
大多数男孩都喜欢打打闹闹。
Examples from the Corpus
rough and tumble• It could be their first experience of rough and tumble play.• One of those cowardly specimens who observably flinched in the footballtackle or too noticeably avoided the sporadicplaygroundrough and tumble.• This started a realrough and tumble, with people falling or being pushed to the ground amongst the debris.• She's only small and she's not used to such rough and tumble.• After a lifetime in politics he knows all about the rough and tumble of public life.• No constitution is ever safeabove the rough and tumble of political life.• This would have to be remembered in the rough and tumble of debate.• In the rough and tumble of my street there was less luxuriance.