skirt

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skirt1 /skɜːt $ skɜːrt/ S3 noun [countableC]

1 DCCa piece of outer clothing worn by women and girls, which hangs down from the waist like the bottom part of a dress 裙子

She wore a white blouse and a plain black skirt.

她穿着白衬衣和纯黑的裙子。

leather/pleated/cotton etc skirt

a green velvet skirt

绿色的丝绒裙

short/long skirt

a short skirt and high heels

短裙和高跟鞋

2. (also skirts [plural]) old-fashionedDCC the part of a dress or coat that hangs down from the waist 〔连衣裙或大衣的〕下摆

3. the skirts of a forest/hill/village etc British EnglishBrEEDGE the outside edge of a forest etc 森林/小山/村子等的外围 SYN outskirts

4. a bit of skirt British EnglishBrE informal not politeWOMAN an offensive expression meaning an attractive woman 骚娘儿们〔对漂亮女子的冒犯说法〕

Examples from the Corpus

skirt• Today I was all-silk, navy blue blouse and skirt.• Her black skirt swayed from side to side.• The women wear tight bodices over a long flowing skirt.• Daughter Chelsea wore a blue-gray, military-inspired jacket with a matching coat and a short A-line skirt.• Tina looked fantastic in whatever she wore, particularly jeans or a tennis skirt.• But the skirt was so full and my arm so tired that I seemed to be getting nowhere.

short/long skirt• She also suggested that I wear a skirt, a long skirt.• I felt so cross with myself, so stupid for wearing a short skirt.• She wore a long skirt and a baggy maroon V-neck sweater, one of mine she had appropriated and almost worn out.• I shot three more arrows into the same spot and saw the foot re-treat beneath her long skirt.• Her long skirt dragged on the ground and her tangled hair fell around Janir as she hunched over him.• The shorts were pleated about the waist and flared widely, giving an illusion of being a too short skirt.

skirt2 (also skirt around/round) verb [transitiveT]

1 AROUND/ROUNDto go around the outside edge of a place or area 沿着…边缘走，围绕着

The old footpath skirts around the village.

古老的小径围绕着村庄。

2 AVOIDto avoid talking about an important subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing – used to show disapproval 绕过，避开〔重要话题；含贬义〕

a disappointing speech that skirted around all the main issues

回避所有主要问题的令人失望的演说

Examples from the Corpus

skirt• Scarlet relaxed a little: a mine had been skirted.• It is four miles south of Driffield, and skirted by the Driffield-Beverley road.• We skirted its edges on our way to meet him.• We maneuvered the canoe so it skirted just past that rock.• Wild horse and donkey tracks skirted the bases of red, sedimentary hills.• I skirted the dike district too - or at any rate two big chicks denied me entry to their purple sanctum.• Hurricane Ben skirted the Florida coast before moving back out to sea.• The report skirted the issue of the government's responsibility for the crisis.

Origin skirt1

(1200-1300) Old Norse skyrta “shirt”

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