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

单词	skill
释义	skill I. \ˈskil\ noun (-s ; see sense 4) Etymology: Middle English skile, skil, from Old Norse skil distinction, discernment, knowledge; akin to Old English scylian to separate, part, Middle Low German schēlen to distinguish, Old Norse skilja to separate, divide, Gothic skilja butcher, Lithuanian skèlti to split — more at shell 1. obsolete : cause, reason < you have as little skill to fear as I have purpose to put you to't — Shakespeare > 2. a. (1) : knowledge of the means or methods of accomplishing a task < skills disappear … when we fail to put them to work — T.W.Arnold > (2) : the ability to use one's knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance : technical expertness : proficiency < revealed considerable skill in the practice of law — Carol L. Thompson > < sufficient political skill to govern wisely — J.G.Colton > b. : dexterity, fluency, or coordination in the execution of learned physical or mental tasks < loss of motor skill in the use of the hands — C.D.Martz & Frances Ekstam > specifically : technical competence without insight or understanding or the ability for further elaboration or development < a volume of verses which show some skill in versification, but little originality in thought or form — H.E.Starr > < frequently a person acquires certain reading skills but never understands what he has read — John Haverstick > 3. a. : a learned power of doing a thing competently : a developed or acquired aptitude or ability < because of the influence which the language skills exert on each other, the present trend is to teach them together — Education Digest > < the endless skills the human hand is capable of developing — Abram Kardiner > b. : a craft requiring the use of related skills < practiced the skill of a carpenter > c. : a coordinated set of actions become smooth and integrated through practice < thought canoeing was not a difficult sport or skill — Ernest Beaglehole > 4. plural skill : a skilled person < immigration of skill is … welcomed in all undeveloped areas — E.P.Hutchinson & W.E.Moore > 5. dialect Britain : discriminating taste : liking — usually used with of < he has a skill of good wines > Synonyms: see art II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English skilen, from Old Norse skilja to separate, divide *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to make a difference : matter < perhaps she was a soprano … it skills not — Thomas Wolfe > b. : to be of help : avail 2. a. obsolete : to have practical skill : be dexterous or competent b. archaic : to have understanding : be knowing *intransitive verb* dialect England : understand, comprehend
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