The skirl of a police whistle split the stillness ( Sax Rohmer )

Newspapers and old sacks skirled a little in the gutters.

报纸和旧纸袋在水沟微微地旋.

He paused at the end of each line to pipe skirling notes on his flute.

每唱完一句,他便停下来,用笛子演奏一段乐曲.

When I got to the old Sullivan place there'd already been a skirmish with the Yankees.

当我到达老沙利文的地方时,他们已经到那的时候他们已经跟北佬们交过手了.

A minor skirmish ensued as people fought over supplies.

由于争抢供给品而引发了一场小冲突.

A vicious skirmish erupted between Israel and Lebanon . A war dragged on in Sudan.

以色列和黎巴嫩爆发了一场激烈的武装冲突.

He was shot in a skirmish with the enemy.

他在与敌人的一次小冲突中被击中.

The skirmish grew into a major battle.

小冲突扩大形成大战斗.

" There'll be just one brief skirmish and the Yankees will skedaddle back into Tennessee.

" 只要打一次小小的遭遇战,北方佬就会逃回田纳西去的.

" But it will not be. They will drive them out of Georgia in one skirmish. "

" 可实际上不至于如此. 他们只消打一个小仗就会把北军赶出 佐治亚 去.

[不可数名词]There are reports of skirmishing along the border.

有报道称在边界一带发生了小规模冲突。

They were skirmishing close to the minefield now...

他们当时正在雷区附近交火。

She confessed that she had directed an attack, called in French a skirmish, before Paris.

她承认她在巴黎城前发起过进攻, 呼唤法国人投入战斗.

Under regular circumstances these wouldn't be fouls but after a skirmish we wanted to regain control.

而在正常情况下,这些犯规都不是犯规,但是在一场小纠纷过后,我们需要恢复场上控制.

You play like a lame camel. I am the skirmish master.

你像一个瘸腿的骆驼一样, 我才是战斗的大师.

We won a skirmish, and we'll win him some more.

我们打赢了一场小仗, 还要再给他打赢几仗.

Everybody but Toby enters into this skirmish.

除了托比外,全家人都投入了这场小冲突.

This skirmish sparked a major battle.

这次小冲突激起了场大战斗.

Surviving Abyssins defeated in the skirmish are usually assimilated into the victorious tribe.

失败部落的幸存者通常会被吸纳进战胜的一方.

He skirmished with his opponent.

他跟他的对手发生小冲突.

Troop selections: light-medium infantry, short and long range skirmishers, light-medium skirmisher and melee cavalry.

部队的选择: 轻 - 中等步兵, 短期和长期范围skirmishers, 轻 - 中前卫和混战骑兵.