verb
skidded, skidding
1
- no obj.(of a vehicle) slide, typically sideways or obliquely, on slippery ground or as a result of stopping or turning too quickly（尤指车辆因路滑、刹车或转弯过快而）侧滑, 打滑, 滑行：
the taxi cab skidded to a halt.
出租车滑行了一段距离停了下来。
1.1
- slip; slide滑, 滑动：
Barbara's foot skidded and she fell to the floor.
芭芭拉的脚滑了一下, 摔倒在地板上。
1.2
- with obj. cause to skid使滑动; 使滑行：
he skidded his car.
他使他的车滑行。
1.3
- with obj. N. Amer. move a heavy object on skids〈北美〉用滑动垫木移动（重物）：
they skidded the logs down the hill to the waterfront.
他们用滑动垫木把木材从山上滚到河边。
1.4
- figurative decline; deteriorate〈喻〉下降; 使恶化：
its shares have skidded 29% since March.
其股票自三月起下跌了29%.
2
- with obj. fasten a skid to (a wheel) as a brake用制轮具刹住（车轮）。
1
- an act of skidding or sliding打滑, 侧滑; 滑行：
the Volvo went into a skid.
这辆沃尔沃汽车打滑了。
2
- a runner attached to the underside of an aircraft for use when landing on snow or grass（着落雪地或草地时系在飞机下侧的）滑橇, 起落橇。
2.1
- N. Amer. each of a set of wooden rollers used for moving a log or other heavy object〈北美〉（移动木头或其他重物的）垫木; 滑动垫木。
3
- a braking device consisting of a wooden or metal shoe preventing a wheel from revolving制轮具; 刹车。
4
- a beam or plank of wood used to support a ship under construction or repair（船只建造或维修时支撑用的）护垫木。
短语
hit the skids
- informal begin a rapid decline or deterioration〈非正式〉走向衰退; 开始堕落。
on the skids
- informal (of a person or their career) in a bad state; failing〈非正式〉（人, 职业）陷入困境; 失败的。
put the skids under
- informal hasten the decline or failure of〈非正式〉加速衰退（或失败）。
词源
late 17th cent. （as a noun in the sense 'supporting beam'）： perhaps related to Old Norse skíth （see SKI）.