skirt
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)A loose edging to any part of a dress.
A narrow lace, or a small skirt of fine ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A petticoat.
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(countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A woman.
- 6.
(UK, colloquial, uncountable)Women collectively, in a sexual context.
- 7.
(UK, colloquial, uncountable)Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
- 9.
(countable, uncountable)(of animals) A diaphragm, or midriff.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To be on or form the border of.
The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
- 2.
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
skirt a mountain
- 3.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
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(figuratively)(figurative) To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
Near-synonym: circumvent
skirt the issue
skirt the law
He skirted the issue of which parties to attend by staying at home instead.
Đồng nghĩa: circumvent
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ine-pro From Middle English scyrt, skirt, skyrte, skyrthe, skyrtte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (apron; skirt), from *skurtaz (short; deficient), from *skertaną (to cut off), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut off; to divide). shirt. 2 cog Cognate with shoorth, skoorth (shirt), Sjürt, Schoarte, schort, Schürze, skjorte, skjúrta, skyrta, skjorta, sciorta, sgert.