英语词汇“skirmish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

skirmish

/ˈskəːmɪʃ

noun

1An episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets: the unit was caught in several skirmishes and the commanding officer was killed...

The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting the daily skirmishes of the last war.
Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.
Whites fought frequent wars and skirmishes through the later nineteenth century as they pushed into Native Americans' lands.

Synonyms

fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, confrontation, engagement, fray, contest, combat, tussle, scrimmage, fracas, affray, melee

archaic rencounter

1.1A short argument: there was a skirmish over the budget...

Once in a while, there's a short skirmish and someone dies, but it's all dull and uninspired.
Yesterday there was a short skirmish in the woods outside the town of Nyda.
None of them bothered to change out of their street clothes, expecting a short skirmish only.

Synonyms

argument, quarrel, squabble, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, exchange, war of words;

Irish, North American, & Australian donnybrook

informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat, dust-up

British informal row, barney, ding-dong, bust-up, bit of argy-bargy, ruck

British informal, Football afters

Scottish informal rammy

archaic broil, miff

Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie

verb [no object] (often as noun skirmishing)

Engage in a skirmish: reports of skirmishing along the border...

But they can expect little sympathy from the anti-globalisation protesters, already skirmishing yesterday with the police in south-west France.
At age 15, he was travelling Italy with Lazio's infamous Irriducibili hooligans, skirmishing with police and opposing supporters.
She leaves the frame, and one of the boys is skirmishing with a football.

Synonyms

fight, do battle with, battle with, engage with, close with, combat, clash with, come to blows with, exchange blows with, struggle with, tussle with

informal scrap with

Derivatives

skirmisher

/ˈskəːmɪʃə

/ noun ...

In several little fields were knots of skirmishers.
Quickly following Miller in the charge came the infantrymen and Winters's dismounted cavalry moving as skirmishers.
In an earlier time, they would have been called skirmishers.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French eskirmiss-, lengthened stem of eskirmir, from a Germanic verb meaning 'defend'.

单词	skirmish
释义	skirmish /ˈskəːmɪʃ / noun 1An episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets: the unit was caught in several skirmishes and the commanding officer was killed... The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting the daily skirmishes of the last war. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. Whites fought frequent wars and skirmishes through the later nineteenth century as they pushed into Native Americans' lands. Synonyms fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, confrontation, engagement, fray, contest, combat, tussle, scrimmage, fracas, affray, melee archaic rencounter 1.1A short argument: there was a skirmish over the budget... Once in a while, there's a short skirmish and someone dies, but it's all dull and uninspired. Yesterday there was a short skirmish in the woods outside the town of Nyda. None of them bothered to change out of their street clothes, expecting a short skirmish only. Synonyms argument, quarrel, squabble, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, exchange, war of words; Irish, North American, & Australian donnybrook informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat, dust-up British informal row, barney, ding-dong, bust-up, bit of argy-bargy, ruck British informal, Football afters Scottish informal rammy archaic broil, miff Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie verb [no object] (often as noun skirmishing) Engage in a skirmish: reports of skirmishing along the border... But they can expect little sympathy from the anti-globalisation protesters, already skirmishing yesterday with the police in south-west France. At age 15, he was travelling Italy with Lazio's infamous Irriducibili hooligans, skirmishing with police and opposing supporters. She leaves the frame, and one of the boys is skirmishing with a football. Synonyms fight, do battle with, battle with, engage with, close with, combat, clash with, come to blows with, exchange blows with, struggle with, tussle with informal scrap with Derivatives skirmisher /ˈskəːmɪʃə / noun ... In several little fields were knots of skirmishers. Quickly following Miller in the charge came the infantrymen and Winters's dismounted cavalry moving as skirmishers. In an earlier time, they would have been called skirmishers. Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French eskirmiss-, lengthened stem of eskirmir, from a Germanic verb meaning 'defend'.
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