skirmish

[US]/ˈskɜːmɪʃ/
[UK]/ˈskɜːrmɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. небольшая битва; незначительный конфликт.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularskirmishes
Present Participleskirmishing
Past Participleskirmished
Past Tenseskirmished
Pluralskirmishes

Phrases & Collocations

military skirmish

военные столкновения

brief skirmish

короткое столкновение

Example Sentences

there was a skirmish over the budget.

была стычка из-за бюджета

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

В полумраке рассвета произошла стычка.

reports of skirmishing along the border.

Сообщения о стычках вдоль границы.

a skirmish over the rules before the debate began.

Спор о правилах перед началом дебатов.

the struggle started with skirmishes and some scattered gunplay.

Борьба началась со стычек и нескольких хаотичных перестрелок.

In a straight fight the crusaders usually won; in skirmishes, the Saracens often overcame their more numerous opponents.

В прямом столкновении крестоносцы обычно побеждали; в стычках сарацины часто нависали над их более многочисленными противниками.

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