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skates
skate 1 S0444500 (skāt)n.1. An ice skate, roller skate, or inline skate.2. Informal A skateboard.3. The act or a period of skating or skateboarding: went for a skate.intr.v. skat·ed, skat·ing, skates 1. To glide or move along on skates.2. To move or progress in a smooth, easy, or unconcerned manner: "resting on his past laurels, skating along on his reputation" (Tami Hoag).3. To ride or perform tricks on a skateboard.
[From Dutch schaats, stilt, skate (taken as pl.), from Middle Dutch schaetse, from Old North French escache, stilt, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
skate 2 S0444500 (skāt)n. Any of various cartilaginous fishes chiefly of the family Rajidae, having a flattened body with greatly expanded pectoral fins that extend around the head, and laying eggs enclosed in hard cases.
[Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata.]
skate 3 S0444500 (skāt)n. Slang 1. A fellow; a person.2. A decrepit horse; a nag.
[Perhaps alteration of dialectal skite, contemptible person; see blatherskite.]Translations- Where can we rent skates? (US)
Where can we hire skates? (UK) → 哪儿能租到冰鞋？
skates
skatesA pair of roller, inline, or ice skates. I'm asking for some new skates for Christmas! They only had one pair of skates left, and they kept pinching my feet the whole time I was out on the ice.See also: skateskates n. shoes. It looks like somebody looged on your skates!See also: skateEncyclopediaSeeskateAcronymsSeeSKA |