| [/skɜːt; skət/] n 用法:
1 [C] (a) woman's garment that hangs from the waist （女用的）裙子.
(b) part of a dress or other garment, eg a long coat, that hangs below the waist （连衣裙或大衣等的）下摆. 用法:
2 [C] any of various types of guard or covering for the base of a vehicle or machine （车辆或机器基部的）护板:
the rubber skirt round the bottom of a hovercraft 汽垫船底部四周的橡胶护板. 用法:
3 skirts [pl] = outskirts. 用法:
4 (dated sexist sl 旧, 性别偏见, 俚) (a) [U] girls or women in general, seen as sexual objects （被视为性欲对象的）女子:
a bit of skirt 裙衩.
(b) [C] girl or woman seen in this way （被视为性欲对象的）女子. skirt 2
v [Ipr, Tn] 用法:
1 be on or move along the edge of (sth) 位於（某物）的边缘; 沿著（某物）边缘走:
We skirted (round) the field and crossed the bridge. 我们沿著田边走, 经过了那座桥. *
The road skirts the forest. 那条路在森林的边上. 用法:
2 (phr v) skirt round sth avoid referring to or treating (a topic, an issue, etc) directly 不直接提及或不直接处理（话题、 问题等）:
She skirted round the problem of the high cost. 她避而不谈巨额费用问题. |