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。
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✅ 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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How did you find the talk this morning?
你觉得今天早晨的报告怎么样？
New Zealand is an impotant agricultural country with a small population. In size it is bigger than Guangdong Province, yet has a much smaller population.
新西兰是一个人口很少的重要的农业国。新西兰的面积比广东省大，但人口却少得多。
How was this possible?
这种传递是怎样进行的呢？