| 释义 |
skid/skid/ v. & n.●v. (skidded, skidding) 1 intr. (of a vehicle, a wheel, or a driver) slide on slippery ground, esp. sideways or obliquely (车辆、车轮或驾驶员)打滑，(尤指)滑向一侧 2 tr. cause (a vehicle etc.) to skid 使(车辆等)打滑 3 intr. slip, slide 滑行；滑动 4 intr. colloq. fail or decline or err [口]失败；下滑；犯错 5 tr. support or move or protect or check with a skid 用滑动垫木支撑，用滑动垫木移动，用垫板保护；用制轮器刹住 ●n. 1 the act or an instance of skidding 打滑，滑行 2 a piece of wood etc. serving as a support, ship's fender, inclined plane, etc. (搬移重物用的)滑动垫木；(上下货物时保护船舷的)垫板，护舷木；斜面 3 a braking device, esp. a wooden or metal shoe preventing a wheel from revolving or used as a drag 制轮器(尤指木质或金属的鞋状防滑物或制动物) 4 a runner beneath an aircraft for use when landing (飞机着陆用的)起落橇，滑橇 □ hit the skids colloq. enter a rapid decline or deterioration [口]走下坡路；走向衰败 □ on the skids colloq. [口] 1 about to be discarded or defeated 快被抛弃的；将被解雇的；将被打败的 2 ready for launching 待发射的 □ put the skids under colloq. [口] 1 hasten the downfall or failure of 加速…的失败，使垮台 2 cause to hasten 催促，使赶紧 [17th c., origin unknown: perhaps related to Old Norse skíth (see SKI)] |