• n. 小沖突，小規模戰斗；小爭論
• vi. 進行小規模戰斗；發生小爭論

拼 寫 俗 化 自 古 法 語 escarmouche, 小 規 模 戰 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。

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.

1. There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.

天朦朦亮的時候曾經有過一場小規模的戰斗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The verbal skirmish is viewed as the opening round in negotiation schedules to start next Tuesday.

這場爭論被看作預定下星期二舉行的談判的序幕.

來自《用法詞典》

3. A conventional skirmish would escalate into a nuclear exchange.

傳統的小規模戰斗更有可能逐步升級為核戰爭.

來自辭典例句

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.

來自辭典例句

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

他在與敵人的一次小沖突中被擊中.

來自辭典例句