skid

skid
(skidded, skidding)
  1. [no obj.](of a vehicle) slide, typically sideways or obliquely, on slippery ground or as a result of stopping or turning too quickly
    （尤指车辆因路滑、刹车或转弯过快而）侧滑，打滑，滑行
    the taxi cab skidded to a halt.
    出租车滑行了一段距离停了下来。
    ■slip; slide
    滑，滑动
    Barbara's foot skidded and she fell to the floor.
    芭芭拉的脚滑了一下，摔倒在地板上。
    ■[with obj.]cause to skid
    使滑动；使滑行
    he skidded his car.
    他使他的车滑行。
    ■[with obj.](N. Amer.)move a heavy object on skids
    (北美)用滑动垫木移动（重物）
    they skidded the logs down the hill to the waterfront.
    他们用滑动垫木把木材从山上滚到河边。
    ■(figurative)decline; deteriorate
    (喻)下降；使恶化
    its shares have skidded 29% since March.
    其股票自三月起下跌了29%。
  2. [with obj.]fasten a skid to (a wheel) as a brake
    用制轮具刹住（车轮）
noun
  1. an act of skidding or sliding
    打滑，侧滑；滑行
    the Volvo went into a skid.
    这辆沃尔沃汽车打滑。
  2. a runner attached to the underside of an aircraft for use when landing on snow or grass
    （着落雪地或草地时系在飞机下侧的）滑橇，起落橇
    ■(N. Amer.)each of a set of wooden rollers used for moving a log or other heavy object
    (北美)（移动木头或其他重物的）垫木；滑动垫木
  3. a braking device consisting of a wooden or metal shoe preventing a wheel from revolving
    制轮具；刹车
  4. a beam or plank of wood used to support a ship under construction or repair
    （船只建造或维修时支撑用的）护垫木
常用词组
hit the skids
  1. (informal)begin a rapid decline or deterioration
    (非正式)走向衰退；开始堕落
on the skids
  1. (informal)(of a person or their career) in a bad state; failing
    (非正式)（人，职业）陷入困境；失败的
put the skids under
  1. (informal)hasten the decline or failure of
    (非正式)加速衰退（或失败）
派生
skiddy
adjective
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (as a noun in the sense 'supporting beam'): perhaps related to Old Norse skíth (see ski)
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