an event in which people fight on horses using a long stick (= a lance) to try to knock the other person off their horse, especially as part of a formal contest in the past (尤指旧时作为正式比赛一部分的)马上长矛打斗,骑马比武 a medieval joust 中世纪的比武
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an act of arguing with somebody, especially as part of a formal or public debate (尤指作为正式或公开辩论一部分的)辩论,讨论,争论 the weekly verbal joust called Prime Minister's Questions 名为“首相问题”的每周口头辩论