Skirmish
[ 'skɝmɪʃ ]
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n. 小规模战斗;小争论;小冲突;[体]〈美〉比赛;
v. 参与小争斗;进行小争论;搜索;侦察;
vi. 进行小规模战斗;发生小争论;
📝 例句
An encounter between hostile forces; a battle or skirmish.
小冲突敌对力量间的遭遇；战斗或零星冲突
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。
This was a only petty, front-line skirmish.
这只是前沿阵地上小小的交锋。
The troops were bloodied in the skirmish.
部队在冲突中发生了流血事件
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。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ skir-skirt裙子,mish-谐音“迷失”:裙子丢了会引起夫妻之间的小口角
※ ski-shy天空,rm-拼音“人们”,ish-fish鱼:天空中人们为了鱼展开了小规模战斗
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
skirmish
n
fight between small groups of soldiers, ships, etc, esp one that is not planned 小规模战斗; 小冲突; （尤指）遭遇战
a brief skirmish on the frontier 边界上的小规模冲突
(fig 比喻) a skirmish between the two party leaders 两党领导人间的摩擦. Cf 参看 pitched battle (pitch2). skirmish, v [I]
take part in a skirmish 进行小规模战斗或冲突.
🔁 扩展释义
*['skә:miʃ]n. 前哨战, 小争论, 小冲突vi. 发生小争论, 侦察
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Let me take you in my arms and say goodbye.
让我拥抱你一下，说声再见吧。
Here was a seven-year-old girl who at the age of 19 months had become deaf and blind.
一个7岁的女孩，出生19个月后就得了聋盲症。
There would be pictures in magazines and newspapers, showing crowds of peope with their cameras and noisy, excited talk.
报纸和杂志将刊登出图片，报纸和杂志将刊登出图片，展示那些带着照相机熙熙攘攘蜂涌而至的人群。