skirmish是什么意思_skirmish怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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.

词态变化

复数 skirmishes;
第三人称单数 skirmishes;
过去式 skirmished;
过去分词 skirmished;
现在分词 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.

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.

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.

clash 冲突

scuffle 混战

conflict 冲突

encounter 意外的相见

battle 战斗

argument 辩论

brush 刷子

struggle 努力

melee 互殴

fight 战斗

tussle 扭打

scrap 碎片

combat 战斗

brawl 争吵

engagement 约会

contention 争论

war 战争

fray 恼火

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1. scrum => skirmish.
2. scrum => scrummage.
3. skirt mish(谐音“迷失”) 女学生的裙子被弄丢了，引起了争吵和小冲突。