skiff

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Waterskiffskiff /skɪf/ noun [countable] TTWa small light boat for one personExamples from the Corpusskiff• The police could not know whether they were looking for a skiff, a punt, or a cabin cruiser.• We had sailed up the brown Tambopata forty kilometres south from Puerto Maldonaldo in a skiff that barely cleared the water.• A skiff idling up beside a Sea and Shore Department cutter.• She walked away, around the house to the jetty where her skiff bobbed on its painter, puddled with rain.• A single unwise maneuver would have sent Robinson and his skiff plunging over the precipice.• Guests who still wanted to explore the lagoons and sea-flats could use Wavebreaker's skiff.• Clayt stepped over to the side and peered down into the skiff.Origin skiff (1400-1500) Old French esquif, from Old Italian schifo

单词	skiff
释义	skiff From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Waterskiffskiff /skɪf/ noun [countable] TTWa small light boat for one personExamples from the Corpusskiff• The police could not know whether they were looking for a skiff, a punt, or a cabin cruiser.• We had sailed up the brown Tambopata forty kilometres south from Puerto Maldonaldo in a skiff that barely cleared the water.• A skiff idling up beside a Sea and Shore Department cutter.• She walked away, around the house to the jetty where her skiff bobbed on its painter, puddled with rain.• A single unwise maneuver would have sent Robinson and his skiff plunging over the precipice.• Guests who still wanted to explore the lagoons and sea-flats could use Wavebreaker's skiff.• Clayt stepped over to the side and peered down into the skiff.Origin skiff (1400-1500) Old French esquif, from Old Italian schifo
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