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dogfight (n.)
[dogfight 词源字典]
"aerial combat," World War I air forces slang, from earlier meaning "riotous brawl" (1880s); from
dog
(n.) +
fight
(n.). The literal sense of "a fight among or between dogs" is from 1650s.
[dogfight etymology, dogfight origin, 英语词源]