| 释义 |
skirt /skûrt/ noun- A garment, or part of a garment, generally a woman's, that hangs from the waist
- The lower part of a gown, coat, or other garment or anything suggesting this
- A flap hanging from a saddle
- A midriff (of meat)
- A rim, border, margin
- A part of, or attachment to, an object that suggests a skirt, eg the flap of material hanging down around the base of a hovercraft to contain the air-cushion, or a similar flap around a racing-car
- The lower edges of a sheep's fleece (Aust and NZ)
- A woman (also bit of skirt) or women collectively (offensive sl)
transitive verb- To border
- To pass along the edge of
- To scour the outskirts of
- To avoid confronting
intransitive verb- To be on or pass along the border (usu with along, around, etc)
- (of dogs) to leave the pack (hunting)
ORIGIN: ON skyrta a shirt, kirtle; cf shirt skirˈted adjective Wearing or having a skirt skirˈter noun - Someone who removes skirts from fleeces (Aust and NZ)
- A huntsman who dodges jumps by going round about
skirˈting noun - Material for skirts
- Skirting-board
- (in pl) dirty wool from the skirts of a fleece
skirtˈless adjective skirt chaser noun (informal) A womanizer skirtˈ-dancing noun Dancing characterized by the waving of flowing skirts skirˈting-board noun The narrow board next to the floor round the walls of a room divided skirt Trousers made to look like a skirt |