skirted

英 [ˈskɜːtɪd]

美 [ˈskɜːrtɪd]

v.  环绕…的四周; 位于…的边缘; 沿…的边缘走; 绕开，回避(话题)
skirt的过去式

过去式：skirted　

COCA.42569

柯林斯词典

• 裙子;短裙
  Askirtis a piece of clothing worn by women and girls. It fastens at the waist and hangs down around the legs.
• VERB 位于…的边缘;位于…的外围;围绕
  Something thatskirtsan area is situated around the edge of it.
  1. We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill.
     我们从山坡下的一大片田地里飞奔而过。
• VERB 沿着…的边缘走;沿着…的外围走;绕着…走
  If youskirtsomething, you go around the edge of it.
  1. We shall be skirting the island on our way...
     我们将一路环岛而行。
  2. She skirted round the edge of the room to the door.
     她贴着房间的墙边走到了门口。
• VERB 避开，回避(困难、问题等)
  If youskirta problem or question, you avoid dealing with it.
  1. He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement...
     他避开了最棘手的问题，将精力集中于有可能达成一致的领域。
  2. He skirted round his main differences with her.
     他避开了和她之间的主要分歧。

双语例句

• We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill.
  我们从山坡下的一大片田地里飞奔而过。
• They skirted round the town and made for the hill.
  他们绕过市镇，向小山走去。
• The motorboat cut across swift currents and skirted dangerous reefs.
  汽艇穿过激流，绕过险滩。
• The boys skirted the field so as not to damage the crops.
  为了不损坏庄稼，孩子们绕着田边走。
• We skirted ( round) the field and crossed the bridge.
  我们沿著田边走，经过了那座桥。
• A flagged path skirted the house.
  一条石板小路围绕着这座房子。
• Our path skirted along the moor.
  我们的小径沿松鸡猎场蜿蜒而上。
• Checks and balances were skirted, with the debt bypassing authorisation by parliament on the grounds that because it was to be repaid in oil not in dollars it could not be classified as debt.
  制衡机制被避开了，这笔债务绕过了委内瑞拉议会授权，理由是，因为债务将用石油而非美元偿还，所以它不能被归类为债务。
• She answered his questions-the children, her job, her parents-but always skirted round the main issue.
  她回答了他的问题孩子、的工作、的家人但总是避而不谈关键问题。
• The boys skirted the forest instead of going through it.
  孩子从森林边上走过，而没有从森林中间穿过。