chance-medleychance-medley / 5tFAns5medli: /◙ noun 1. [mass noun] [Law, rare] the killing of a person accidentally in self-defence in a fight • [律罕] （打斗中出于自卫的）过失杀人，无意杀人
【语源】
1. late 15th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French chance medlee, literally 'mixed chance', from chance 'luck' + medlee, feminine past participle of medler 'to mix' (based on Latin miscere)