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
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※ 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
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I'm not sure. I ought to do some studying, as I've got masses of work to do, but I think I'll be too tired. Maybe I'll just watch the news on television and go to bed early.
还不清楚。我有大量的作业要做，按理我应该学习，但是我想这样一来我会很累的。我可能会看看电视新闻，然后早点上床睡觉。
He named the country Ao-tea-roa which means the land of the long,white cloud.
他将这个地方称之为"奥蒂罗"。意思是白云绵绵的地方"。
Can you go through them and give me whatever you find?
你把它们仔细查阅一下并把凡是你能找到的东西给我好吗？