Skid

[skɪd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an unexpected slide.

(noun.) one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.

(verb.) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; 'the wheels skidded against the sidewalk'.

(verb.) slide without control; 'the car skidded in the curve on the wet road'.

(verb.) apply a brake or skid to.

(verb.) elevate onto skids.

英格拉姆編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.

(n.) A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.

(n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.

(n.) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.

(n.) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.

(v. t.) To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.

(v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.

塞西莉整理

解釋/意思:

n. a piece of timber hung against a ship's side to protect it from injury: a sliding wedge or drag to check the wheel of a wagon on a steep place: a slab put below a gun to keep it off the ground.—v.t. to check with a skid.—v.i. to slide along without revolving.—n. Skid′der one who uses a skid.

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