Skirt
[skɜːt] or [skɝt]
解释:
(noun.) a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women.
(noun.) cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist.
(verb.) pass around or about; move along the border; 'The boat skirted the coast'.
(verb.) form the edge of.
加德纳整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
(n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress.
(n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
(n.) A petticoat.
(n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
(v. t.) To cover with a skirt; to surround.
(v. t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
(v. t.) To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Flap, loose part (of a garment below the waist).[2]. Petticoat.[3]. Edge, border, margin, verge, rim, extreme part.
v. a. Border, form the border or edge of.
录入:赛斯
同义词及反义词：
SYN:border, trim, confine, bound, surround, encircle
ANT:Penetrate, enter, interpenetrate
整理:拉尔夫
解释:
n. the part of a garment below the waist: a woman's garment like a petticoat: the edge of any part of the dress: border: margin: extreme part.—v.t. to border: to form the edge of.—v.i. to be on the border: to live near the extremity.—ns. Skirt′-danc′ing a form of ballet-dancing in which the flowing skirts are waved about in the hands; Skir′ter a huntsman who dodges his jumps by going round about; Skir′ting strong material made up in lengths for women's skirts: skirting-board; Skir′ting-board the narrow board next the floor round the walls of a room.—Divided skirt a skirt in the form of loose trousers.
埃琳娜整理
例句:
- Mr. Chopper said, catching the Captain by the skirt. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Meg smiled and relented, and whispered as they stood waiting to catch the time, Take care my skirt doesn't trip you up. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- At their door she caught her skirt in the step of the carriage, and fell against him. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- A bramble caught hold of her skirt, and checked her progress. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Gudrun was all scarlet and royal blue--a scarlet jersey and cap, and a royal blue skirt and stockings. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Briarfield lights starred the purple skirt of the moor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- As I passed the tall man who sat by the brazier I felt a sudden pluck at my skirt, and a low voice whispered, Walk past me, and then look back at me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Step into this neat garden-house on the skirts of Whinbury, walk forward into the little parlour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The brushing of skirts and elbows, sometimes the bumping of shoulders, could be heard against the very panels. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Is it there that the men wear skirts as do the women? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Two or three times, by the way, I thought I observed in the indistinct light the skirts of a female figure going up before us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- What provoking burr has been inconveniently attracted to the charming skirts, and with difficulty shaken off? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Thereupon all the young ladies rose and began shaking their skirts out behind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- But it seems to me that with enough _cojones_ you would not wear skirts. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- She skirted the bank and went round to the wicket before the house, where she stood motionless, looking at the scene. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I had been looking at the road that skirted the shore for guards but did not see any. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- But he was still dizzy with the glimpse of the precipice they had skirted, and full of a new awe at the mystery of young-girlhood. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- It was the figure of an old man with a bowed head, wearing a large brimmed low-crowned hat, and a long-skirted coat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- She did not turn her head to look at a group of dark creatures further on, who fled from her presence as she skirted a ravine where they fed. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- A thick wood skirted the meadow-land in another direction; but they could not have gained that covert for the same reason. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The coat was wide-skirted; and in that respect like _the_ coat, but, oh how different! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- From Valencia, the homeward course will be continued, skirting along the coast of Spain. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Sometimes, we strike into the skirting mud, to avoid the stones that clatter us and shake us; sometimes, we stick in ruts and sloughs there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- I already knew that the papers were probably in the room, but I had no desire to rip up all the planking and skirting in search of them. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible; its broad disk just skirting the horizon, and diffusing a perpetual splendour. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- We spent one pleasant day skirting along the Isles of Greece. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Skirting its southern border rises Little Hermon, over whose summit a glimpse of Gilboa is caught. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
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