单词 | skid |
释义 | skid (once / 2909 pages) nv Whoopsy daisy! Those new fuzzy socks make it easy to skid, or slide unexpectedly, across the wood floor. Does skid sound Scandinavian? Because that's where etymologists think the word came from. It makes sense, since there's all that ice up there. The Vikings were most likely skidding around way before snow tires and anti-lock brakes came about to stop all the slippery fun. But a skid that gets out of control is never any good — that's why when someone's life slides into the dumps, you can say they "hit the skids." WORD FAMILYskid: nonskid, skidded, skidder, skidding, skids+/skidder: skidders USAGE EXAMPLESThe next great skid to halt: a 12-game losing streak at Heinz Field, where the Browns are 1-15 since it opened. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) North Carolina is trying to end a two-year bowl losing skid. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Free for the first time in 20 years, he was living on Los Angeles Skid Row, a dystopian dead end where drugs are used openly. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects Hyper board, plank a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes 2n a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation Syn|Hyper brake shoe, shoe constraint, restraint a device that retards something's motion 3n an unexpected slide Syn|Hyper sideslip, slip coast, glide, slide the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it 4v move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner the wheels skidded against the sidewalk Syn|Hypo|Hyper slew, slide, slip, slue submarine move forward or under in a sliding motion side-slipslide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis glide move smoothly and effortlessly 5v slide without control the car skidded in the curve on the wet road Hyper slew, slide, slip, slue move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner 6v apply a brake or skid to Hyper brake cause to stop by applying the brakes 7v elevate onto skids Hyper bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise raise from a lower to a higher position |
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