guerrilla
/gəˈrɪlə/(亦作guerilla)
noun
1- a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces游击队员:
this small town fell to the guerrillas
这个小镇被游击队攻占
as modifier guerrilla warfare.游击战。
1.1
- as modifier referring to actions or activities performed in an impromptu way, often without authorization(行为, 活动)即兴的, 临时的(常未获许可或授权):
guerrilla gigs
即兴现场演奏会。
WORD TRENDS
A new kind of guerrilla action is emerging. Like the soldiers of the same name, its proponents are pitted against authority, using ambush and surprise as their primary weapons. Their interests, however, are far from violent: gardening, music, and film-making, to be exact. Guerrilla is now used to refer to activities performed in an impromptu way, often without permission. Guerrilla gardening involves activists planting seeds on abandoned or public land, usually in secret. Then there are the independent film-makers on low budgets, who shoot their scenes quickly in real locations. Or how about guerrilla rockers, who perform unexpectedly in unlikely places: their live shows have become legendary, including guerrilla gigs on a tube train and in the BBC's foyer.
词源
early 19th cent. (introduced during the Peninsular War): from Spanish, diminutive of guerra 'war'.