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

单词	skirmish
释义	skirmish —skirmisher, n. /skerr"mish/, n. 1. Mil. a fight between small bodies of troops, esp. advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies. 2. any brisk conflict or encounter: She had a skirmish with her landlord about the rent. v.i. 3. to engage in a skirmish. [1300-50; (n.) ME skirmysshe < OF eskirmiss-, long s. of eskirmir < Gmc (cf. OHG skirman); r. ME scarmouche < OF escaramoucher (see SCARAMOUCH); (v.) late ME scarmuchen, scarmusshen to skirmish, ME skirmisshen to brandish a weapon < OF escar(a)mucher to skirmish; vowels influenced by OF eskirmiss-] Syn. 1. combat, brush. See battle¹.
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