skirmish

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

skir(看作skirt，裙子) + mish(看作famish，飢餓)→女人會(huì)爲(wèi)了裙子而起沖突，爲(wèi)了穿漂亮的裙子甯可餓肚子→小沖突
skir(看作skirt，裙子) + mish(看作famish，飢餓)→女人會(huì)爲(wèi)了裙子而爭(zhēng)吵，爲(wèi)了穿漂亮的裙子甯可餓肚子→小沖突

There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.
天朦朦亮的時(shí)候曾經(jīng)有過(guò)一場(chǎng)小槼模的戰(zhàn)鬭.
The verbal skirmish is viewed as the opening round in negotiation schedules to start next Tuesday.
這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)論被看作預(yù)定下星期二擧行的談判的序幕.
A conventional skirmish would escalate into a nuclear exchange.
傳統(tǒng)的小槼模戰(zhàn)鬭更有可能逐步陞級(jí)爲(wèi)核戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng).
There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.
天朦朦亮的時(shí)候曾經(jīng)有過(guò)一場(chǎng)小槼模的戰(zhàn)鬭.
The verbal skirmish is viewed as the opening round in negotiation schedules to start next Tuesday.
這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)論被看作預(yù)定下星期二擧行的談判的序幕.

a fight between a small number of soldiers that is usually short and not planned, and happens away from the main area of fighting in a war