skirt
skirt
noun
skirted
adjective
noun
- a woman's outer garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs
裙子
■the part of a coat or dress that hangs below the waist
（衣服的）下摆
■[mass noun](informal)women regarded as objects of sexual desire
(非正式)（被视为性欲对象的）姑娘；女人
so, Sandro, off to chase some skirt?.
那么，桑德罗，去追哪位姑娘呢？。
■the curtain that hangs round the base of a hovercraft to contain the air cushion
（气垫船的）围裙
■a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft
（车辆、飞机轮子或下侧的）挡板
■a small flap on a saddle, covering the bar from which the stirrup leather hangs
（马鞍的）垂边
■(archaic)an edge, border, or extreme part
(古)边缘，外围 - [mass noun]an animal's diaphragm and other membranes as food
（供食用的）多筋动物肉
bits of beef skirt.
碎牛腩块。
■[count noun](Brit.)a cut of meat from the lower flank
(英)腰窝肉
- [with obj.]go round or past the edge of
环绕…的四周；绕着…的边缘
he did not go through the city but skirted it.
他没有经过城市而是绕着边缘走。
■be situated along or around the edge of
位于…的边缘
the fields that skirted the highway were full of cattle.
公路边缘的田里到处是牛。
■[no obj.](skirt along/around)go along or around (something) rather than directly through or across it
沿着（或绕着）…的边缘
the river valley skirts along the northern slopes of the hills.
河谷绕着山峦北坡。
■attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with
绕开；避开
there was a subject she was always skirting.
有一个主题她老是避开。
[no obj.]the treaty skirted around the question of political cooperation.
该条约避开了政治合作问题。
skirted
adjective
- [in combination]a full-skirted dress.
一件宽下摆连衣裙。
- Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta 'shirt'; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th cent
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