• 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

拼 写 俗 化 自 古 法 语 escarmouche, 小 规 模 战 斗 ， 来 自 意 大 利 语 scaramuccia, 来 自 Proto-Germanic*skerm,砍，劈，来自 PIE*sker,砍，劈，词源同 scar,shear.-ccia,小词后缀，含 讽刺义，词源同 capoccia,小头领。

skirmish

skirmish: [14] English adapted skirmish from eskermiss-, the present stem of Old French eskermir ‘fight with a sword’. This in turn went back to a Frankish *skirmjan, a relative of modern German schirmen. A variant of skirmish arose with the i and r sounds reversed, giving scrimish, which is the source of modern English scrimmage [15] and also of scrummage [19] and its abbreviation scrum [19].
=> scrimmage, scrummage

skirmish (n.)

late 14c., from Old French escarmouche "skirmish," from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio, probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German skirmen "to protect, defend"), with a diminutive or depreciatory suffix, from Proto-Germanic *skerm-, from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).

Influenced in Middle English by a separate verb skirmysshen "to brandish a weapon," from Old French eskirmiss-, stem of eskirmir "to fence," from Frankish *skirmjan, from the same Germanic source. Compare scrimmage. Other modern Germanic forms have an additional diminutive affix: German scharmützel, Dutch schermutseling, Danish skjærmydsel. Skirmish-line attested by 1864.

skirmish (v.)

c. 1200, from Old French escarmouchier, from Italian scaramucciare (see skirmish (n.)). Related: Skirmished; skirmishing.

1. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. 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.

来自《用法词典》

3. 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.

来自辞典例句

4. 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.

来自辞典例句

5. He was shot in a skirmish with the enemy.

他在与敌人的一次小冲突中被击中.

来自辞典例句