skirmish

• n. 小冲突，小规模战斗；小争论
• vi. 进行小规模战斗；发生小争论

拼 写 俗 化 自 古 法 语 escarmouche, 小 规 模 战 斗 ， 来 自 意 大 利 语 scaramuccia, 来 自 Proto-Germanic*skerm,砍，劈，来自 PIE*sker,砍，劈，词源同 scar,shear.-ccia,小词后缀，含 讽刺义，词源同 capoccia,小头领。

1. a minor short-term fight

skirmish

skirmish: [14] English adapted skirmish from eskermiss-, the present stem of Old French eskermir ‘fight with a sword’. This in turn went back to a Frankish *skirmjan, a relative of modern German schirmen. A variant of skirmish arose with the i and r sounds reversed, giving scrimish, which is the source of modern English scrimmage [15] and also of scrummage [19] and its abbreviation scrum [19].
=> scrimmage, scrummage

skirmish (n.)

late 14c., from Old French escarmouche "skirmish," from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio, probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German skirmen "to protect, defend"), with a diminutive or depreciatory suffix, from Proto-Germanic *skerm-, from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).

Influenced in Middle English by a separate verb skirmysshen "to brandish a weapon," from Old French eskirmiss-, stem of eskirmir "to fence," from Frankish *skirmjan, from the same Germanic source. Compare scrimmage. Other modern Germanic forms have an additional diminutive affix: German scharmützel, Dutch schermutseling, Danish skjærmydsel. Skirmish-line attested by 1864.

skirmish (v.)

c. 1200, from Old French escarmouchier, from Italian scaramucciare (see skirmish (n.)). Related: Skirmished; skirmishing.

[不可数名词]There are reports of skirmishing along the border.

有报道称在边界一带发生了小规模冲突。

牛津词典

Border skirmishes between India and Pakistan were common.

印度和巴基斯坦边境上常常发生小规模战斗。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They were skirmishing close to the minefield now...

他们当时正在雷区附近交火。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Police skirmished with youths on the estate last Friday.

上周五警方与一些青年在住宅区发生了冲突。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

This difference in approach has led to several political skirmishes.

这种方式上的差异已经导致了几场政治冲突。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A conventional skirmish would escalate into a nuclear exchange.

传统的小规模战斗更有可能逐步升级为核战争.

辞典例句

So a skirmish could escalate into a war of mutual survival.

所以一场小小冲突也可能激化为双方余下的人员之间的战争.

期刊摘选

The skirmish grew into a major battle.

小冲突扩大形成大战斗.

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" There'll be just one brief skirmish and the Yankees will skedaddle back into Tennessee.

" 只要打一次小小的遭遇战,北方佬就会逃回田纳西去的.

飘（部分）

There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.

天朦朦亮的时候曾经有过一场小规模的战斗.

《简明英汉词典》

You play like a lame camel. I am the skirmish master.

你像一个瘸腿的骆驼一样, 我才是战斗的大师.

期刊摘选

She confessed that she had directed an attack, called in French a skirmish, before Paris.

她承认她在巴黎城前发起过进攻, 呼唤法国人投入战斗.

期刊摘选

Surviving Abyssins defeated in the skirmish are usually assimilated into the victorious tribe.

失败部落的幸存者通常会被吸纳进战胜的一方.

期刊摘选

A minor skirmish ensued as people fought over supplies.

由于争抢供给品而引发了一场小冲突.

期刊摘选

The verbal skirmish is viewed as the opening round in negotiation schedules to start next Tuesday.

这场争论被看作预定下星期二举行的谈判的序幕.

《用法词典》

Under regular circumstances these wouldn't be fouls but after a skirmish we wanted to regain control.

而在正常情况下,这些犯规都不是犯规,但是在一场小纠纷过后,我们需要恢复场上控制.

期刊摘选

Guatemala was the first skirmish of the cold war in Latin America.

危地马拉是冷战在拉丁美洲的首个发生地.

期刊摘选

We won a skirmish, and we'll win him some more.

我们打赢了一场小仗, 还要再给他打赢几仗.

辞典例句

This skirmish sparked a major battle.

这次小冲突激起了场大战斗.

期刊摘选

When I got to the old Sullivan place there'd already been a skirmish with the Yankees.

当我到达老沙利文的地方时,他们已经到那的时候他们已经跟北佬们交过手了.

期刊摘选

A vicious skirmish erupted between Israel and Lebanon . A war dragged on in Sudan.

以色列和黎巴嫩爆发了一场激烈的武装冲突.

期刊摘选

" But it will not be. They will drive them out of Georgia in one skirmish. "

" 可实际上不至于如此. 他们只消打一个小仗就会把北军赶出 佐治亚 去.

飘（部分）

Everybody but Toby enters into this skirmish.

除了托比外,全家人都投入了这场小冲突.

辞典例句

He was shot in a skirmish with the enemy.

他在与敌人的一次小冲突中被击中.

辞典例句