skirt

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /skɜːt/    美 /skɚt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs. countable,uncountable
    — "I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaited skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band of galloon under a white cloth collar with two rows of—"
  2. A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist. countable,uncountable
    — The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.
  3. A loose edging to any part of a dress. countable,uncountable
    — A narrow lace, or a small skirt of fine ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
  4. A petticoat. countable,uncountable
  5. A woman. countable,derogatory,slang,uncountable
    — "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt." "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle. "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin' the swag h'over to 'er, and takin' wot she warnts to 'and us, w'en we could 'ave the 'ole lot. Take this job 'ere now--"
  6. Women collectively, in a sexual context. UK,colloquial,uncountable
  7. Sexual intercourse with a woman. UK,colloquial,uncountable
  8. A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything. countable,uncountable
    — here in the skirts of the forest, like fringe upon a petticoat.
  9. A diaphragm, or midriff. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To be on or form the border of.
    — The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
  2. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
    — skirt a mountain
  3. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
    — skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold
  4. To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something). figuratively
    — Near-synonym: circumvent

词形变化

skirts plural skirts present,singular,third-person skirting participle,present skirted participle,past skirted past

词汇关系

衍生词
apron skirt bedskirt beskirt bit of skirt blow one's skirt up blow someone's skirt up blow sunshine up someone's skirt blow wind up someone's skirt chase skirt circle skirt cling to the skirts of divided skirt fender skirt fishtail skirt flippy skirt foreskirt golden skirt grass skirt hobble skirt hoop skirt hula skirt lightskirt matchbox skirt maxiskirt mermaid skirt microskirt midiskirt miniskirt outskirt outskirts overskirt pelmet skirt pencil skirt pettiskirt plateskirt poodle skirt prairie skirt pro skirt puffball skirt rah-rah skirt ra-ra skirt red ring skirt redskirt riding skirt saddleskirt sailor skirt scooter skirt skapri skirtboard skirt chaser skirt dance skirt dancing skirted skirt flashing skirtful skirt guard skirtini skirtless skirtlike skirts and kidneys skirt steak skirt suit skirty skort sprayskirt tube skirt underskirt upskirt waterfall skirt unskirted skirt around skirter skirting-board skirtingly sunskirter

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ
Old Norse skyrtabor.
Middle English skyrte
English skirt
From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ
Old Norse skyrtabor.
Middle English skyrte
English skirt
From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).
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