skirt
n
1 [C]
(a) woman's garment that hangs from the waist (女用的)裙子.
(b) part of a dress or other garment, eg a long coat, that hangs below the waist (連衣裙或大衣等的)下擺.
2 [C] any of various types of guard or covering for the base of a vehicle or machine (車輛或機器基部的)護板
the rubber skirt round the bottom of a hovercraft 汽墊船底部四周的橡膠護板.
3 skirts [pl]
= outskirts.
4 (dated sexist sl 舊, 性別偏見, 俚)
(a) [U] girls or women in general, seen as sexual objects (被視為性欲對象的)女子
a bit of skirt 裙衩.
(b) [C] girl or woman seen in this way (被視為性欲對象的)女子. skirt, v [Ipr, Tn]
1 be on or move along the edge of (sth) 位於(某物)的邊緣; 沿著(某物)邊緣走
We skirted (round) the field and crossed the bridge. 我們沿著田邊走, 經過了那座橋.
The road skirts the forest. 那條路在森林的邊上.
2 (phr v) skirt round sth avoid referring to or treating (a topic, an issue, etc) directly 不直接提及或不直接處理(話題、 問題等)
She skirted round the problem of the high cost. 她避而不談巨額費用問題.