释义 |
skip1 /skip/ intransitive verb (skippˈing; skipped)- To progress by hopping on each foot alternately
- To spring or hop lightly
- To make jumps over a twirling rope
- To pass lightly, inattentively, etc (with through, over, etc)
- To pass discontinuously
transitive verb- To overleap
- To omit
- To cut, not go to (eg a class)
- To make (a stone) skim over a surface
noun- A skipping movement
- An act of skipping
- A belt of inaudibility in wireless transmission
- A college servant in some older universities
ORIGIN: Cf ON skopa to run skippˈer noun - A person who skips
- A dancer
- A young and thoughtless person (Shakespeare)
- A stout hairy-bodied butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, with wings of the same length as its body, so called because of its short jerky flight
- The saury
skippˈing adjective Flighty, giddy noun The art or activity of jumping over a twirling rope skippˈingly adverb skippˈy adjective (informal) - Frolicsome
- Exuberant
skipˈjack noun - Any of a number of species of fish that jump out of, or swim at the surface of, the water, such as the bonitos, the bluefish, the saurel, and either of two species of tuna (the skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, and the black skipjack, Euthynnus yaito)
- A type of sailing boat sometimes used for oystering (US)
- Another name for the click beetle
- A pert fop (archaic)
- A jumping toy made of a fowl's wishbone (historical)
skipˈ-kennel noun (obsolete) A lackey skippˈing-rope noun A rope for skipping with skip-tooth saw noun A saw from which alternate teeth are cut away skip zone noun An area round a broadcasting station where transmissions cannot be received skip it! (informal) Never mind, forget it! skip2 /skip/ noun- A box or truck for raising minerals and workers from a mine
- A large container for transporting building materials, etc, theatrical costumes or refuse
ORIGIN: skep skip3 /skip/ noun The captain of a rink in bowls or curling transitive verb and intransitive verb (skippˈing; skipped) To act as a skip ORIGIN: skipper |