skirmish

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英 ['sk??m??] 美['sk?m??]

近義詞encounter clash melee argument scuffle struggle brush conflict

n. 小沖突，小規(guī)模戰(zhàn)斗；小爭論
vi. 進行小規(guī)模戰(zhàn)斗；發(fā)生小爭論

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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?skirmishes;第三人稱單數(shù):?skirmishes;過去式:?skirmished;過去分詞:?skirmished;現(xiàn)在分詞:?skirmishing;

助記提示

1. scrum => skirmish.
2. scrum => scrummage.
3. skirt mish(諧音“迷失”) 女學(xué)生的裙子被弄丟了，引起了爭吵和小沖突。

中文詞源

skirmish 小沖突，小規(guī)模戰(zhàn)斗

拼寫俗化自古法語 escarmouche, 小規(guī) 模戰(zhàn) 斗，來自意大利語 scaramuccia, 來自 Proto-Germanic*skerm,砍，劈，來自 PIE*sker,砍，劈，詞源同 scar,shear.-ccia,小詞后綴，含諷刺義，詞源同 capoccia,小頭領(lǐng)。

英文詞源

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 skj?rmydsel. Skirmish-line attested by 1864.
skirmish (v.): c. 1200, from Old French escarmouchier, from Italian scaramucciare (see skirmish (n.)). Related: Skirmished; skirmishing.

雙語例句

1. There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.: 天朦朦亮的時候曾經(jīng)有過一場小規(guī)模的戰(zhàn)斗.

2. The verbal skirmish is viewed as the opening round in negotiation schedules to start next Tuesday.: 這場爭論被看作預(yù)定下星期二舉行的談判的序幕.

3. A conventional skirmish would escalate into a nuclear exchange.: 傳統(tǒng)的小規(guī)模戰(zhàn)斗更有可能逐步升級為核戰(zhàn)爭.

4. We won a skirmish, and we'll win him some more.: 我們打贏了一場小仗, 還要再給他打贏幾仗.