scrimmage(名词)
/ˈskrɪmɪdʒ/
We’ll have a scrimmage after practice.
训练结束后我们会打一场队内对抗赛。
After weeks of drills, the coach organized a full-field scrimmage to test the team’s new formations under pressure.
经过数周的基础训练,教练组织了一场全场对抗赛,在压力下检验球队的新阵型。
scrimmage源自较早的英语变体,和 skirmish(小规模冲突、遭遇战)同源;而 skirmish可追溯到古法语 escarmouche,原意与“短暂交战、混战”相关。后来在北美体育语境中,意义逐渐固定为“(训练中的)对抗赛”。