skirmish
🇺🇸
/ˈskɜːrmɪʃ/
🇬🇧
/ˈskɜːmɪʃ/
noun
R
A short and unplanned fight between small groups, often soldiers.
The two sides had a small skirmish in the forest.
雙方在森林中發生了小規模衝突。
R
A brief and usually not serious argument or disagreement.
The debate started with a verbal skirmish between the two leaders.
辯論以兩位領導人之間的言語衝突開始。
verb
R
To be involved in a short and often unplanned fight or argument.
Local farmers skirmished with the police over the new land policies.
當地農民因新土地政策與警方發生衝突。
translation
小規模衝突, 小爭執
發生小衝突
詞形變化
3rd Present
skirmishes
Past
skirmished
Perfect
skirmished
Progressive
skirmishing
Plural
skirmishes