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skirt

/skurt/US // skɜrt //UK // (skɜːt) //

裙子,裙装,短裙,裙摆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
    • : a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn especially by women and girls.
    • : some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell or a protective and ornamental cloth strip covering the legs of furniture.
    • : a small leather flap on each side of a saddle, covering the metal bar from which the stirrup hangs.
    • : Building Trades. baseboard. apron.
    • : Also called apron .Furniture. a flat horizontal brace set immediately beneath the seat of a chair, chest of drawers, or the like, to strengthen the legs.Also called bed, frieze. .a flat brace or support immediately beneath a tabletop.
    • : Usually skirts . the bordering, marginal, or outlying part of a place, group, etc.; the outskirts.
    • : Older Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a woman or girl: to chase some skirt;a skirt chaser.
    • : Rocketry. an outer part of a rocket or missile that provides structural support or houses such systems as avionics or gyroscopes.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to lie on or along the border of: The hills skirt the town.
    • : to border, wrap, or cover with a skirt or something suggesting a skirt in appearance or function.
    • : to pass along or around the border or edge of: Traffic skirts the town.
    • : to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from: The senator skirted the issue.
    • : to remove low-grade wool and foreign matter from.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to be or lie on or along the edge of something.
    • : to move along or around the border of something.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This is also why insulated skirts are so great—and the longer, the warmer.

  • A full array of features—the helmet-compatible hood, a powder skirt, chest and hand pockets, two-way zippers, pit zips—kept us comfortable during long days riding lap after windy lap.

  • Eloquii Elements is available in sizes 14 through 28 and has debuted a ready to wear collection of fall essentials including sweaters, jumpsuits, dresses, skirts and more.

  • Companies such as Heim-Made have further expanded the market with down skirts for cold climates.

  • In the process, their motions twist the gas around them like swirling skirts.

  • Assad-affiliated Christian militias skirt around the territory of rival groups aligned with the YPG.

  • Traitz then claimed Cosby convinced her to get back in the car, took her to a shop to buy a new skirt, and that was that.

  • The coat, with fitted bodice, nipped-in waist, and full skirt, created a familiar silhouette for Kate.

  • Her old sister, Marianne, had showed up to her polling place wearing a black skirt, black top, and black heels.

  • On stage, Amber spoofed Sarah Palin in a topknot and librarian glasses, yanking a toy gun and stuffed moose from her skirt.

  • These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia.

  • She was dressed in her brightest skirt and fairly shone with the abundance of cheap jewelry she wore.

  • He thrust one hand into his gold-coloured skirt, and produced a glass bottle full of some very cheap perfume from Europe.

  • She wore a dust-colored habit with divided skirt, and a soft felt hat and gloves of the same shade.

  • She seized her skirt drying before the fire and wrapped it around her bare shoulders as she ran through the outer door.