| 单词 | skate |
| 释义 | skate 1. n. & v. --n 1. each of a pair of steel blades (or of boots with blades attached) for gliding on ice. 2. (in full roller skate) each of a pair of metal frames with small wheels, fitted to shoes for riding on a hard surface. 3. a device on which a heavy object moves. --v 1. a intr. move on skates. b tr. perform (a specified figure) on skates. 2. intr. (foll. by over) refer fleetingly to, disregard. Phrases and idioms get one's skates on Brit. sl. make haste. skate on thin ice colloq. behave rashly, risk danger, esp. by dealing with a subject needing tactful treatment. skating-rink a piece of ice artificially made, or a floor used, for skating. Derivatives skater n. Etymology: orig. scates (pl.) f. Du. schaats (sing.) f. ONF escace, OF eschasse stilt 2. n. (pl. same or skates) any cartilaginous marine fish of the family Rajidae, esp. Raja batis, a large flat rhomboidal fish used as food. Etymology: ME f. ON skata 3. n. sl. a contemptible, mean, or dishonest person (esp. cheap skate). Etymology: 19th c.: orig. uncert. |
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