[N-COUNT 可数名词]裙子;短裙 A skirt is a piece of clothing worn by women and girls. It fastens at the waist and hangs down around the legs.
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[VERB 动词]位于…的边缘;位于…的外围;围绕 Something that skirts an area is situated around the edge of it.
[V n]
We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill.
我们从山坡下的一大片田地里飞奔而过。
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[VERB 动词]沿着…的边缘走;沿着…的外围走;绕着…走 If you skirt something, you go around the edge of it.
[V n]
[V round/around n]
We shall be skirting the island on our way...
我们将一路环岛而行。
She skirted round the edge of the room to the door.
她贴着房间的墙边走到了门口。
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[VERB 动词]避开,回避(困难、问题等) If you skirt a problem or question, you avoid dealing with it.
[V n]
[V round/around n]
He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement...
他避开了最棘手的问题,将精力集中于有可能达成一致的领域。
He skirted round his main differences with her.
他避开了和她之间的主要分歧。
Oxford
skirt★/skɜːt; NAmEskɜːrt/
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skirtskirtsskirtedskirtingnoun★ _clothes_suit_comp.jpg _skirt.jpg 1★[countable ]a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that hangs from the waist 女裙◆a long/short/straight/pleated, etc. skirt长裙、短裙、直筒裙、百褶裙等2[countable ](alsoskirts [plural ])the part of a dress, coat, etc. that hangs below the waist (连衣裙、外衣等的)下摆3[countable ]an outer covering or part used to protect the base of a vehicle or machine (车辆或机器基座的)挡板,裙板◆the rubber skirt around the bottom of a hovercraft气垫船底部四周的橡胶围裙verb1[transitive , intransitive ]to be or go around the edge of sth 环绕…的四周;位于…的边缘;沿…的边缘走skirtsth ◆They followed the road that skirted the lake.他们顺着湖边公路走。skirtaround/round sth ◆I skirted around the field and crossed the bridge.我沿着田边走,又绕过了那座桥。2[transitive , intransitive ]to avoid talking about a subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing 绕开,回避(话题)skirtsth ◆He carefully skirted the issue of where they would live.他小心地避开了他们将住在何处这个问题。skirtaround/round sth ◆She tactfully skirted around the subject of money.她巧妙地避口不提钱的事。skirt/skɜːt; NAmEskɜːrt/
1a piece of outer clothing worn by women and girls, which hangs down from the waist like the bottom part of a dress: She wore a white blouse and a plain black skirt.leather/pleated/cotton etc skirt a green velvet skirtshort/long skirt a short skirt and high heels2 (also skirts [plural]) old-fashioned the part of a dress or coat that hangs down from the waist3the skirts of a forest/hill/village etc British English the outside edge of a forest etcSYN outskirts4a bit of skirt British English informal not polite an offensive expression meaning an attractive woman
1to go around the outside edge of a place or area: The old footpath skirts around the village.2to avoid talking about an important subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing – used to show disapproval: a disappointing speech that skirted around all the main issues
WDF
skirt
[skɜ:t]skirted, skirting, skirts
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skirting[204] skirts[2534]
裙子(87%),绕开(5%),边缘(3%),下摆(3%),挡板(1%),郊区(1%)
n.裙子
vt.绕过,回避;位于…边缘
vi.沿边走,绕开;环绕
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