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单词 skated
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
skate1 /skeɪt/USA pronunciation   n., v., skat•ed, skat•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Sportice skate (def. 1)
  2. Sportroller skate.

v. 
  1. to move oneself on skates:[no object]skating at the ice rink.
  2. Slang Terms to do something, esp. one's work, in an overly relaxed or superficial way:[no object]He skated through his assignments and handed in the bare minimum.
  3. to perform by skating:[+ object]skated a perfect program.
skat•er, n. [countable]

skate2 /skeɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) skate, (esp. for kinds or species) skates. 
  1. Fisha fish, a ray, with winglike fins.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
skate1  (skāt),USA pronunciation n., v., skat•ed, skat•ing. 
n. 
  1. SportSee ice skate (def. 1).
  2. SportSee roller skate. 
  3. Sportthe blade of an ice skate.
  4. Nautical, Naval Termsa skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship.
  5. British Terms get or put one's skates on, to make haste.

v.i. 
  1. to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates.
  2. to glide or slide smoothly along.
  3. Slang Termsto shirk one's duty;
    loaf.
  4. Sound Reproduction(of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing.

v.t. 
  1. to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage.
  2. skate on thin ice, to be or place oneself in a risky or delicate situation:Taking a public stand on the question would be skating on thin ice.
  • ?
  • Dutch schaats (singular) skate, Middle Dutch schaetse stilt (compare Medieval Latin scatia)
  • origin, originally plural scates 1640–50
skatea•ble, adj. 

skate2  (skāt),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) skate,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) skates. 
  1. Fishany of several rays of the genus Raja, usually having a pointed snout, as R. binoculata (big skate,) inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of the U.S., growing to a length of 8 ft. (2.4 m).
  • Old Norse skati
  • Middle English scate 1300–50

skate3  (skāt),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
  1. Slang Termsa person;
    fellow:He's a good skate.
  2. Slang Termsa contemptible person.
  3. Slang Termsan inferior, decrepit horse;
    nag.
  • perh. special use of skate2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
skate /skeɪt/ n
  1. See roller skate, ice skate
  2. the steel blade or runner of an ice skate
  3. such a blade fitted with straps for fastening to a shoe
  4. get one's skates onto hurry
vb (intransitive)
  1. to glide swiftly on skates
  2. to slide smoothly over a surface
  3. skate on thin iceto place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation
Etymology: 17th Century: via Dutch from Old French éschasse stilt, probably of Germanic origin
skate /skeɪt/ n ( pl skate, skates)
  1. any large ray of the family Rajidae, of temperate and tropical seas, having flat pectoral fins continuous with the head, two dorsal fins, a short spineless tail, and a long snout
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse skata
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