| 释义 |
skating, vbl. n.|ˈskeɪtɪŋ|
[f. skate v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb.
1723Present St. Russia I. 30 Their chief Delight was in scating. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. i. vi. 29 When the water is frozen,..it also furnishes them the amusement of skeiting. 1842E. Miall in Nonconf. II. 27 The exercise and recreation of scating. 1876J. A. Harwood Rinks & Rollers iv. 63 There are few more lively..sights than..the young engaged in skating and flirting, while the elder ones sip tea between the trees. 1886Mabel Collins Prettiest Woman x, Are you coming to the skating? 1948C. Beastall Int. Roller Skating Annual 15 The RSROA, who banned metal wheels, introduced skating and proficiency tests..in their rinks. 1975Man. Artistic Roller Skating 38 The candidate is required to compose..an original dance..suitable for skating in public skating sessions.
transf.1849Longfellow Kavanagh v, Another long silence, broken only by the skating of the swift pen over the sheet.
b. attrib., as skating-book, skating-boot, skating-match, skating-rink (also fig.), skating skirt.
1763Brit. Mag. IV. 104 A skaiting match from hence to Whittlesea. 1867N. & Q. 3rd Ser. XII. 171/1 ‘A skating rink’ is a meadow, on to which water is let in winter to a slight depth, for the purpose of skating. 1875Burnie Mem. Thomas 54 The idle world is frantic on skating-rinks; they are springing up everywhere. 1875Building News 19 Nov. 579/1 Skating Rinks. The [roller-]skating rink is an institution that has rapidly grown in..popularity. 1895Outing XXVII. 206/2 A little intelligent study of the diagrams in your skating-book. 1895Skating-boot [see skate n.2 3 b]. 1903Skating pond [see live wire s.v. live a. 9]. 1926Maines & Grant Wise-Crack Dict. 14/2 Skating rink for flies, baldheaded man. 1958Roller Dance Skating Man. 32 (Advt.), Skating Rinks at: Skating Rink & Cafeteria, Granby Halls, Leicester. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 62 Skating skirt. Traditionally this is cut circular and very short, worn with tights. 1971Petticoat 24 July 3/4 They'll be taking hemlines just about as high as they can go, even to skating-skirt length. 1976Flintshire Leader 10 Dec. 2/8 Freezing conditions this week turned a road in Carmel near Holywell into a skating rink. 1981Northeast Woods & Waters Jan. 24/3 Osborndale in Derby even offers a large skating pond, lighted for night skating. |