Skirmish
['skɜːmɪʃ] or ['skɝmɪʃ]
解释:
(v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
(v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
(v. i.) A slight contest.
录入:麦克唐纳
同义词及近义词：
n. Fight (of slight consequence), battle, collision, conflict, combat, brush, affair.
录入:梅林达
解释:
n. an irregular fight between two small parties: a contest.—v.i. to fight slightly or irregularly.—ns. Skir′misher a soldier belonging to troops dispersed to cover front or flank and prevent surprises; Skir′mishing.
整理:保罗
例句:
- A good skirmish line preceded each of these columns. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- They take with them a quantity of food, and when the commissary department fails they skirmish, as Jack terms it in his sinful, slangy way. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The bridge was seized by Gross's brigade after a slight skirmish with the pickets guarding it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- You may skirmish with Miss Dartle, or try to hide your sympathies in jest from me, but I know better. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- This is Cedric's clown, who fought so manful a skirmish with Isaac of York about a question of precedence. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Crocker moved his division forward, preceded by a strong skirmish line. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- A severe skirmish ensued, in which we lost about two hundred and eighty in killed and wounded. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- After several severe skirmishes, in which the enemy was defeated, General Steele reached Camden, which he occupied about the middle of April. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Skirmishes of this sort passed perpetually during the little campaign--tedious to relate, and similar in result. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- We have had some skirmishes, but we had never set eyes upon each other before. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Jo and Fred had several skirmishes and once narrowly escaped high words. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But, in spite of such little skirmishes it is felt that this was to be a wondering dinner, and that the wondering must not be neglected. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I have described very imperfectly a few of the battles and skirmishes that took place during this time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- She and Amy had had many lively skirmishes in the course of their lives, for both had quick tempers and were apt to be violent when fairly roused. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- When I arrived Hovey's skirmishing amounted almost to a battle. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Of course there was frequent skirmishing between pickets, but no serious battle was fought near either Petersburg or Richmond. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- By eleven o'clock the skirmishing had grown into a hard-contested battle. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- On the 27th there was skirmishing on the Hatchie River, eight miles from Bolivar. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- After some skirmishing on the 17th and 18th, General Hunter, owing to a want of ammunition to give battle, retired from before the place. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Osterhaus was up, and after some sharp skirmishing the enemy was driven away with considerable loss in killed and captured. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- There was no fighting on the 13th, further than a little skirmishing between Mott's division and the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- But, here the Irrepressible skirmished into the conflict, dragging the reluctant form of Mr Sampson after her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
整理:纳特