英语词汇“skirt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

skirtskirt1 /skɚt/ ●●● S2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYskirt¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old Norse skyrta shirt

1a piece of outer clothing worn by women and girls, which hangs down from the waist like the bottom part of a dress → dress: She was wearing a short skirt.2something that covers or protects something: a skirt around the base of the Christmas tree3 (also skirts) old-fashioned the part of a dress or coat that hangs down from the waist [Origin: 1200–1300 Old Norse skyrta shirt]

noun | verb

skirtskirt2 (also skirt around) verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

skirt

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	skirt
	he, she, it	skirts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	skirted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have skirted
	he, she, it	has skirted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had skirted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will skirt
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have skirted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am skirting
	he, she, it	is skirting
	you, we, they	are skirting
Past	I, he, she, it	was skirting
	you, we, they	were skirting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been skirting
	he, she, it	has been skirting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been skirting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be skirting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been skirting

1to go around the outside edge of a place or area: The hurricane skirted the coast of Florida.2to avoid talking about an important subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing: The report skirted around the important issues.