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skirmish 音标拼音: [sk'ɚmɪʃ] n. 前哨战,小争论,小冲突
vi. 从事小争论,侦察 前哨战,小争论,小冲突从事小争论,侦察 skirmish n 1: a minor short- term fight [ synonym: { brush}, { clash}, { encounter}, { skirmish}] v 1: engage in a skirmishSkirmish \ Skir" mish\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Skirmished}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Skirmishing}.] [ OE. skirmishen, scarmishen, OF. escremir, eskermir, to fence, fight, F. escrimer, of German origin; cf. OHG. scirmen to protect, defend, G. schirmen, OHG. scirm, scerm, protection, shield, G. schirm; perhaps akin to Gr. ???? a sunshade. Cf. { Scaramouch}, { Scrimmage}.] To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers. [ 1913 Webster]
Skirmish \ Skir" mish\, n.[ OE. scarmishe, scrymishe. See { Skirmish}, v. i.] 1. A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A slight contest. [ 1913 Webster] They never meet but there' s a skirmish of wit. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 83 Moby Thesaurus words for " skirmish": action, aerial combat, affray, ambush, armored combat, assault, attack, battle, battle royal, box, brawl, broil, brush, bullfight, clash, clash of arms, close, cockfight, collide, combat, come to blows, conflict, confrontation, contend, contest, cut and thrust, dogfight, duel, embroilment, encounter, engagement, exchange blows, exchange of blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, fire fight, fracas, fray, give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, ground combat, hand- to- hand combat, hand- to- hand fight, house- to- house combat, jostle, joust, melee, mix it up, naval combat, passage of arms, pitched battle, quarrel, rassle, riot, rumble, run a tilt, run- in, running fight, scramble, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, set- to, shoving match, showdown, spar, stand- up fight, street fight, strive, struggle, tauromachy, thrust and parry, tilt, tourney, tug- of- war, tussle, wage war, war, wrestle
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