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
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📖 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
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There is a zoo, an art museum, a boating lake, a smaller lake for model boats and, in winter, an ice-skating area.
还有一个动物园、一座艺术博物馆，一个供人划船用的湖。另有一个比较小的湖，供人们玩模型船艇，冬天就成为滑冰场。
For example, you might pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is enough to dip into it and read bits here and there. In a word, this is tasting.
比方说，你可能随手拿起一本游记，在睡觉之前读它几页。这种书只要浏览一下，这儿读一点，那儿读一点也够了。简而言之，这就是“浅尝”。
He was called Bapu, meaning father - because he was the father of the Indian nation of the twentieth century.
他被人们称为巴普，意国是父亲--因为他是20世纪的印度民族之父。