Word · Frequency #16484
scrimmage
教学比赛；分队对抗练习
practice play between a football team's squads
- 1.
A rough fight.
- 2.
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.
混战；并列争球
In use
The coach scheduled a scrimmage with the neighboring school to test our new plays.
During the scrimmage, the defense managed to stop the other team twice.
The players looked exhausted after the long scrimmage under the hot sun.
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。
scrimmage against [opponent]
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。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- line of scrimmage
- 争球线
- The ball was spotted at the line of scrimmage.球被放置在争球线上。
- intrasquad scrimmage
- 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。
- scrimmage against
- 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。
- spring scrimmage
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- line of scrimmage
- 争球线The quarterback was tackled behind the line of scrimmage.四分卫在争球线后遭到擒抱。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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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