| 单词 | skid |
| 释义 | skid —skiddingly, adv. /skid/, n. , v. , skidded, skidding. n. 1. a plank, bar, log, or the like, esp. one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along. 2. one of a number of such logs or timbers forming a skidway. 3. a low mobile platform on which goods are placed for ease in handling, moving, etc. Cf. stillage. 4. a plank, log, low platform, etc., on or by which a load is supported. 5. Naut. a. any of a number of parallel beams or timbers fixed in place as a raised support for boats, spars, etc. b. any of a number of timbers on which a heavy object is placed to be shoved along on rollers or slid. c. an arrangement of planks serving as a runway for cargo. d. an arrangement of planks serving as a fender to protect the side of a vessel during transfer of cargo. e. sidewise motion of a vessel; leeway. 6. a shoe or some other choke or drag for preventing the wheel of a vehicle from rotating, as when descending a hill. 7. a runner on the under part of some airplanes, enabling the aircraft to slide along the ground when landing. 8. an unexpected or uncontrollable sliding on a smooth surface by something not rotating, esp. an oblique or wavering veering by a vehicle or its tires: The bus went into a skid on the icy road. 9. on the skids, Slang. in the process of decline or deterioration: His career is on the skids. 10. put the skids under, Informal. to bring about the downfall of; cause to fail: Lack of money put the skids under our plans. 11. the skids, Informal. the downward path to ruin, poverty, or depravity: After losing his job he began to hit the skids. v.t. 12. to place on or slide along a skid. 13. to check the motion of with a skid: She skidded her skates to a stop. 14. to cause to go into a skid: to skid the car into a turn. v.i. 15. to slide along without rotating, as a wheel to which a brake has been applied. 16. to slip or slide sideways, as an automobile in turning a corner rapidly. 17. to slide forward under the force of momentum after forward motion has been braked, as a vehicle. 18. (of an airplane when not banked sufficiently) to slide sideways, away from the center of the curve described in turning. Cf. slip1 (def. 15). [1600-10; 1925-30 for def. 11; appar. < ON skith (n.), c. OE scid thin slip of wood; see SKI] Syn. 12, 15. slip. 16. slither. |
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