单词 | skirt |
释义 | Word Frequency skirt(skɜːt) noun 1. a garment hanging from the waist, worn chiefly by women and girls 2. the part of a dress below the waist 3. Also called: apron a frieze or circular flap, as round the base of a hovercraft 4. the flaps on a saddle that protect a rider's legs 5. British a cut of beef from the flank 6. (often plural) a margin or outlying area 7. New Zealand the lower part of a sheep's fleece 8. a bit of skirt verb 9. (transitive) to form the edge of 10. (transitive) to provide with a border 11. (when intr, foll by around, along, etc) to pass (by) or be situated (near) the outer edge of (an area, etc) 12. (transitive) to avoid (a difficulty, etc) he skirted the issue 13. mainly Australian and New Zealand to remove the trimmings or inferior wool from (a fleece) Derived forms skirted (ˈskirted) adjective Word origin C13: from Old Norse skyrta shirt |
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