ice-skating
also ice skating
verb [only cont]
If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
They took me ice-skating on a frozen lake. [VERB]
Ice-skating is also a noun.
I love watching ice-skating on television.
ice-skating in British English
(ˈaɪsˌskeɪtɪŋ)
noun
the sport or pastime of gliding swiftly over ice on ice skates
I used to go ice-skating every Tuesday.
I love watching ice-skating on television.
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Examples of 'ice-skating' in a sentenceice-skating
In other languagesice-skating
British English: ice-skating /ˈaɪsˌskeɪtɪŋ/ NOUN
Ice-skating is a sport or leisure activity which involves people moving about on ice wearing ice-skates.
I love watching ice-skating on television.
- American English: ice-skating
- Arabic: تَزَلُجٌ عَلَى الـجَلِيدِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: patinação no gelo
- Chinese: 溜冰
- Croatian: klizanje
- Czech: bruslení
- Danish: skøjteløb
- Dutch: schaatsen
- European Spanish: patinaje sobre hielo
- Finnish: luistelu
- French: patinage sur glace
- German: Eislaufen
- Greek: πατινάζ
- Italian: pattinaggio sul ghiaccio
- Japanese: アイススケート
- Korean: 아이스 스케이팅
- Norwegian: gå på skøyter
- Polish: łyżwiarstwo
- European Portuguese: patinagem no gelo
- Romanian: patinaj
- Russian: катание на льду
- Latin American Spanish: patinaje sobre hielo
- Swedish: åka skridskor
- Thai: การเล่นสเก๊ตน้ำแข็ง
- Turkish: buz pateni
- Ukrainian: катання на ковзанах
- Vietnamese: môn trượt băng
Chinese translation of 'ice-skating'
ice-skating
(ˈaɪsskeɪtɪŋ)
n (u)
-
溜冰
(liūbīng) - (= figure skating)
花样(樣)滑冰
(huāyàng huábīng)to go ice-skating去溜冰
(qù liūbīng)