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单词 skype
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Skypev.

Brit. /skʌɪp/, U.S. /skaɪp/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Skype.
Etymology: < Skype, a proprietary name for a voice over internet protocol application launched in 2003 providing video chat, voice call, and instant messaging services, apparently < sky n.1 + pe- in peer n. (compare peer-to-peer adj.).
1. intransitive. To communicate with a person or group of people over the internet via video chat, voice call, or instant messaging using the Skype application. Also with in: to enter into communication of this kind.
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2003 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 19 Nov. Armed with an online PC..a microphone and headset, you can be calling (or ‘skyping’, in the lingo of aficionados) just five minutes after downloading the program.
2007 D. Austin Road Trip Pilgrim's Guide xi. 256 Skyping from the friendly confines of your guesthouse beats the heck out of that smelly internet café on the corner.
2008 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 July 16 I sat watching seekers Skyping in on their webcams from tidy bedrooms in Wyoming, Germany, San Francisco.
2013 D. Pontefract Flat Army x. 211 I put together a tribute video, posted it to YouTube and then Skyped into the party to see his reaction after he viewed it.
2. transitive. To communicate with (a person or group of people) over the internet via video chat, voice call, or instant messaging using the Skype application. Also with in: to enter into communication of this kind with (a person or group of people).
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2004 Network Computing 16 Sept. 22/2 When I ‘skyped’ some friends from coast to coast, network latency set in, my interest wandered—and so did my friends.
2010 Northcote (Austral.) Leader (Nexis) 28 July 14 [The artist] will get the shock of his life when he..finds himself skyped into his own exhibition in Northcote later this week.
2012 Vanity Fair Aug. 139/2 Can you Skype me please?
2013 T. R. Terhune & B. A. Hays Land your Dream Career ix. 160 Professor Hays Skypes in alumni guest speakers to her classes from different parts of the country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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