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skidskIdn [C]打滑The best way of dealing with a skid (= an act of sliding) is to turn the front wheels in the direction of the skid.对付打滑的最好方法是将前轮转向打滑的方向。She was riding too fast on a wet road, and the motorbike went into a skid (= started to slide).她在湿的路面上骑得太快，摩托车打滑了。There were skid marks (= black marks made by the tyres of a car which slid) on the road where a car had braked suddenly.在汽车突然刹车的路面上有打滑的痕迹。Skids are long flat pieces under some aircraft such as helicopters, which help the aircraft to land.(飞机)起落橇A skid is also a support, often made of wood, for raising heavy objects off the ground or moving them.(支承或移动重物用的)垫木(esp. Am infml) Skid row is a poor and dirty part of a town where many jobless, homeless and drunk people live.贫民区William Kennedy wrote several books about life on skid row.威廉·肯尼迪写了数本关于贫民区生活的书。(infml) Something that is on the skids is experiencing difficulties and is unlikely to continue successfully.快要失败Lots of small businesses are on the skids (= likely to close) at the moment.许多小型公司现在快关门了。Their marriage seems to be on the skids (= likely to end).他们的婚姻快要失败了。(Br and Aus infml) Local residents have put the skids under plans to build a new shopping centre (= have caused the plans to fail).当地的居民使建一个新的购物中心的计划失败。
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