skirmish
英 ['skɜːmɪʃ]
美['skɝmɪʃ]
- n. 小冲突，小规模战斗；小争论
- vi. 进行小规模战斗；发生小争论
实用场景例句
- [不可数名词]There are reports of skirmishing along the border.
- 有报道称在边界一带发生了小规模冲突。
牛津词典
- Border skirmishes between India and Pakistan were common.
- 印度和巴基斯坦边境上常常发生小规模战斗。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They were skirmishing close to the minefield now...
- 他们当时正在雷区附近交火。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Police skirmished with youths on the estate last Friday.
- 上周五警方与一些青年在住宅区发生了冲突。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This difference in approach has led to several political skirmishes.
- 这种方式上的差异已经导致了几场政治冲突。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
辞典例句
- So a skirmish could escalate into a war of mutual survival.
- 所以一场小小冲突也可能激化为双方余下的人员之间的战争.
期刊摘选
- The skirmish grew into a major battle.
- 小冲突扩大形成大战斗.
期刊摘选
- " There'll be just one brief skirmish and the Yankees will skedaddle back into Tennessee.
- " 只要打一次小小的遭遇战,北方佬就会逃回田纳西去的.
飘（部分）
- There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.
- 天朦朦亮的时候曾经有过一场小规模的战斗.
《简明英汉词典》
- You play like a lame camel. I am the skirmish master.
- 你像一个瘸腿的骆驼一样, 我才是战斗的大师.
期刊摘选
- She confessed that she had directed an attack, called in French a skirmish, before Paris.
- 她承认她在巴黎城前发起过进攻, 呼唤法国人投入战斗.
期刊摘选
- Surviving Abyssins defeated in the skirmish are usually assimilated into the victorious tribe.
- 失败部落的幸存者通常会被吸纳进战胜的一方.
期刊摘选
- A minor skirmish ensued as people fought over supplies.
- 由于争抢供给品而引发了一场小冲突.
期刊摘选
- The verbal skirmish is viewed as the opening round in negotiation schedules to start next Tuesday.
- 这场争论被看作预定下星期二举行的谈判的序幕.
《用法词典》
- Under regular circumstances these wouldn't be fouls but after a skirmish we wanted to regain control.
- 而在正常情况下,这些犯规都不是犯规,但是在一场小纠纷过后,我们需要恢复场上控制.
期刊摘选
- Guatemala was the first skirmish of the cold war in Latin America.
- 危地马拉是冷战在拉丁美洲的首个发生地.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- This skirmish sparked a major battle.
- 这次小冲突激起了场大战斗.
期刊摘选
- When I got to the old Sullivan place there'd already been a skirmish with the Yankees.
- 当我到达老沙利文的地方时,他们已经到那的时候他们已经跟北佬们交过手了.
期刊摘选
- A vicious skirmish erupted between Israel and Lebanon . A war dragged on in Sudan.
- 以色列和黎巴嫩爆发了一场激烈的武装冲突.
期刊摘选
- " But it will not be. They will drive them out of Georgia in one skirmish. "
- " 可实际上不至于如此. 他们只消打一个小仗就会把北军赶出 佐治亚 去.
飘（部分）
- Everybody but Toby enters into this skirmish.
- 除了托比外,全家人都投入了这场小冲突.
辞典例句
- He was shot in a skirmish with the enemy.
- 他在与敌人的一次小冲突中被击中.
辞典例句