a woman's outer garment that hangs down freely from the waist
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
be or go round the outside of; go around
avoid a difficult question or subject that ought to be dealt with
"He dodged the issue"
"she skirted the problem"
"They tend to evade their responsibilities"
"he evaded the questions skillfully"
"The boat skirted the coast"
"The forest surrounds my property"
The high-waisted skirt of her costume touches the ground.
出自: Day Lewis
A blanket hitched round her waist in place of a skirt.
出自: N. Gordimer
Britain cannot sidestep..its errors, nor can Europe pull back its skirts from the mess.
出自: fig.
The road skirts the garden wall.
出自: G. Swift
So is man's narrow path By strength and terror skirted.
出自: fig.
我们避开敌军进了山。
The ship skirted around submerged obstacles.
船绕开水面下的障碍物而行。
You can't skirt round the matter, you'll have to give the workers a satisfactory answer.
你不能回避那个问题,你必须给工人们以满意的答复。
The speech was most disappointing, it skirted round all the main questions.
这篇演讲非常令人失望,它回避了所有主要的问题。
In his speech he seems to skirt around all the main problems.
他在讲话中似乎回避所有主要问题。
Let's not skirt round the awkward problem.
咱们大家不要回避棘手问题。
误 Mary lives on the skirt of the town.
正 Mary lives on the skirts of the town.
析 skirt表示“城郊”时须用复数形式。
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