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a scrimmage between [team A] and [team B]
名词用法，指训练中的分队比赛，常用于体育语境。
The coach arranged a scrimmage between the varsity and the junior varsity.
教练安排了一场校队和二队之间的教学比赛。
教学比赛；分队对抗练习
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教学比赛；分队对抗练习
practice play between a football team's squads
The coach arranged a scrimmage between the varsity and the junior varsity.
教练安排了一场校队和二队之间的教学比赛。
A rough fight.
In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage.
The coach scheduled a scrimmage with the neighboring school to test our new plays.
教练安排了一场与邻校的训练比赛，来检验我们的新战术。
During the scrimmage, the defense managed to stop the other team twice.
在训练比赛中，防守方两次成功阻止了对方进攻。
The players looked exhausted after the long scrimmage under the hot sun.
在烈日下长时间的训练比赛后，球员们显得精疲力竭。
名词用法，指训练中的分队比赛，常用于体育语境。
The coach arranged a scrimmage between the varsity and the junior varsity.
教练安排了一场校队和二队之间的教学比赛。
动词用法，表示进行练习赛；也可说 scrimmage with someone。
The team scrimmaged against a visiting side to prepare for the season.
为了备战新赛季，这支队伍与来访的队伍进行了对抗练习。
Not this
We had scrimmage after practice.
Use this
We had a scrimmage after practice.
scrimmage 作名词时是可数名词，表示一次对抗练习，前面需要不定冠词 a/an；中文没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉，但英语中单数可数名词不能单独使用。
Not this
The team practiced scrimmage on Friday.
Use this
The team practiced scrimmaging on Friday.
动词 practice 表示“练习做某事”时，后面应接动名词（-ing 形式）作宾语，不能直接接名词 scrimmage；若想保留名词，可改为 had a scrimmage。
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争球线
The ball was spotted at the line of scrimmage.
球被放置在争球线上。
队内教学比赛
The team played an intrasquad scrimmage to prepare for the season.
球队进行了一场队内教学比赛，为新赛季做准备。
与……进行对抗练习
We scrimmaged against the neighboring school's team.
我们与邻校的队伍进行了对抗练习。
春季教学赛
The coach used the spring scrimmage to test new plays.
教练利用春季教学赛来测试新战术。
争球线
The quarterback was tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
四分卫在争球线后遭到擒抱。
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记忆联想（纯属联想，非词源）：scrimmage 里有 rim（边缘）和 mage（魔法师）——球场边缘的魔法师让练习赛变成混战。
语域：neutral 常见场景：美式橄榄球训练、体育课/球队教学比赛 该词通常用于美式橄榄球等体育训练或教学比赛场景，属于中性用词；在正式和日常语境中都比较自然，多用于教练、球员或体育报道中。
Only 'image' (/ˈɪmɪdʒ/) is a true rhyme: its stressed /ɪ/ and the following /mɪdʒ/ match 'scrimmage' (/ˈskrɪmɪdʒ/). 'Homage' (/ˈhɑːmɪdʒ/) shares the written '-mage' and the /mɪdʒ/ ending, but its vowel is different. 'Village' (/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/) shares the written '-age' ending /ɪdʒ/ but not the /m/ before it. 'Scrim' (/skrɪm/) and 'scrimshaw' (/ˈskrɪmʃɔː/) share the letters 'scrim' at the start and the first syllable /skrɪm/, but neither ends in /mɪdʒ/. 'Skirmish' (/ˈskɜːrmɪʃ/) looks similar and is close in meaning, but the vowel and final consonants differ.
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