Wordiyoskirmish
🇬🇧 UK/'skә:miʃ/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A brief, small-scale battle or minor dispute between opposing groups
小规模战斗，前哨战；小冲突，小争论
v.
To engage in a minor battle or dispute
发生小规模冲突，小争论
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishskirmishother
=skirmish
Common Collocations
- 1.border skirmish边境冲突
- 2.minor skirmish小规模冲突
- 3.skirmish with troops与部队交火
- 4.[verbal skirmish]口头争论
Example Sentences
- 1.
A brief skirmish broke out between rival gangs near the city border.
- 2.
The border skirmish lasted only hours but left several soldiers wounded.
- 3.
The debate turned into a verbal skirmish over budget priorities.