1640s, from French mêlée, from Old French meslee "brawl, confused fight; mixture, blend" (12c.), noun use of fem. past participle of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). See also medley. Borrowed in Middle English as melle but lost and then reborrowed 17c.
例文
1. A policeman was killed and scores of people were injured in the melee .
混戦中に警察官が殺され、多くの人が負傷した。
2.There was a scuffle and I lost my hat in the melee .
殴り合いのため、私の帽子も混乱の中で失われました。
3.In the melee that followed they trampled their mother a couple of times.
の3つが1つになり、七転八足でまた2強の兄嫁を何度も踏んだ。
4.Weapons come in two basic categories: melee and ranged.
武器は近接戦と遠隔戦の2つの種類に分けられる。
5.The Templar is a melee oriented character with minimal ranged support weaponry.