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单词 skirt
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skirt
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WORD FAMILY
skirt: overskirt, skirted, skirting, skirts, underskirt+/overskirt: overskirts/underskirt: underskirts
USAGE EXAMPLES
A quick glance at catwalk signs for 2017 shows that the hems of women's skirts will be falling - to just below the knee.
BBC(Jan 01, 2017)
“She looked like she was about 12,” he tells PEOPLE, “but she was wearing a short skirt that showed off her legs.”
Time(Dec 31, 2016)
There were so many people in shorts or skirts and sandals.
The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)
1n a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
Hypo|Hyper
ballet skirt, tutu
very short skirt worn by ballerinas
culotte
a divided skirt
full skirt
a long skirt gathered at the waist
gathered skirt
a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist
grass skirt
a skirt made of long blades of grass
hobble skirt
a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914
crinoline, hoopskirt
a skirt stiffened with hoops
kilt
a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
lavalava
a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans)
maxi
a long skirt ending below the calf
mini, miniskirt
a very short skirt
overskirt
an outer skirt worn over another skirt
sarong
a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific
dirndl
a full skirt with a gathered waistband
garment
an article of clothing
2n cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
Hyper
cloth covering
a covering made of cloth
3n (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
Syn|Hyper
annulus
plant part, plant structure
any part of a plant or fungus
4n informal terms for a (young) woman
Syn|Hyper
bird, chick, dame, doll, wench
fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman
a young woman
5v form the edge of
Hyper
border, bound
form the boundary of; be contiguous to
6v extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
border, environ, ring, surround
fringe
decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe
gird, girdle
put a girdle on or around
cloister
surround with a cloister
close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
surround completely
hem in
surround in a restrictive manner
cloister
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
insert, tuck
fit snugly into
wall in, wall up
enclose with a wall
bower, embower
enclose in a bower
enshrine, shrine
enclose in a shrine
case, encase, incase
enclose in, or as if in, a case
bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
border, frame, frame in
enclose in or as if in a frame
glass, glass in
enclose with glass
bank
enclose with a bank
dike, dyke
enclose with a dike
encapsulate
enclose in a capsule or other small container
fence, fence in
enclose with a fence
cordon off, rope in, rope off
divide by means of a rope
casket
enclose in a casket
corral
enclose in a corral
fort, fortify
enclose by or as if by a fortification
hedge, hedge in
enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
hedge
hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
adjoin, contact, meet, touch
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
7v pass around or about; move along the border
The boat skirted the coast
Hyper
go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by
move past
8v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
she skirted the problem
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep
beg
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
quibble
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
avoid
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
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