喜樂美語
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    A skirmish is a short, small fight - usually less organized and less serious than a full battle, often happening suddenly between small groups of soldiers. People also use it for a small, quick argument or disagreement between people, not just physical fighting - 'a skirmish over the budget'.

    小規模衝突、小規模戰鬥

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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

skirmishnoun/ˈskɜːmɪʃ/

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    governmentmilitarypoliticsA brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.

    • On 2 March, Chinese border guards with the help of regular PLA forces skillfully ambushed Strelnikov's unit on the ice near Chen Pao, killing him and 30 Soviets in the subsequent skirmish.
    • The walls are slitted with embrasures through which bowmen could fire, indicating that the belfry also served as a stronghold during border skirmishes.
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    Any minor dispute.

    • Three people were arrested after a skirmish in a bar.
    • Fires which have heretofore been one‐alarm skirmishes are now multialarm small wars.
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    A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.

skirmishverb/ˈskɜːmɪʃ/

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    To engage in a minor battle or dispute.

    • The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius, while the Eaters of Flesh skirmished round its edge.
    • Other historians might also remark that […] they have persisted all this time, constantly wrestling and skirmishing and yet never destroying themselves.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。