1
- a woman's outer garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs裙子。
1.1
- the part of a coat or dress that hangs below the waist（衣服的）下摆。
1.2
- mass noun informal women regarded as objects of sexual desire〈非正式〉（被视为性欲对象的）姑娘; 女人尤物：
so, Sandro, off to chase some skirt?
那么, 桑德罗, 去追哪位姑娘呢？
1.3
- the curtain that hangs round the base of a hovercraft to contain the air cushion（气垫船的）围裙。
1.4
- a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft（车辆、飞机轮子或下侧的）挡板。
1.5
- a small flap on a saddle, covering the bar from which the stirrup leather hangs（马鞍的）垂边。
1.6
- archaic an edge, border, or extreme part〈古〉边缘, 外围。
2
- mass noun an animal's diaphragm and other membranes as food（供食用的）多筋动物肉：
bits of beef skirt.
碎牛腩块。
2.1
- count noun Brit. a cut of meat from the lower flank〈英〉腰窝肉。
with obj.
1- go round or past the edge of环绕…的四周; 绕着…的边缘：
he did not go through the city but skirted it.
他没有穿过城市而是绕着城的边缘走。
1.1
- be situated along or around the edge of位于…的边缘：
the fields that skirted the highway were full of cattle.
公路边缘的田里到处是牛。
1.2
- no obj.
skirt along/around
go along or around (something) rather than directly through or across it沿着（或绕着）…的边缘： the river valley skirts along the northern slopes of the hills.
河谷绕着山峦北坡。
1.3
- attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with绕开; 避开：
there was a subject she was always skirting
有一个主题她老是避开
no obj. the treaty skirted around the question of political cooperation.该条约避开了政治合作问题。
派生词
skirted
adjective一件宽下摆连衣裙。
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta 'shirt'; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with SHORT. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.