informal <非正式>
no obj.
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- Austral./NZ boast〈澳/新西兰〉吹牛, 夸口：
she had a silk dress and used to skite about it.
她有过一件丝绸连衣裙并经常拿来夸口。
2
- with adverbial of direction move quickly and forcefully, especially when glancing off a surface（尤指掠过表面）急速移动：
rain skited off her coat.
雨滴沿着她的外套快速滚下。
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- Austral./NZ a boaster〈澳/新西兰〉吹牛者。
- ORIGIN: mid 19th cent.: from Scots and northern English dialect, denoting a person regarded with contempt; compare with BLATHERSKITE.
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- mass noun boasting; boastfulness吹牛, 夸口。
2
- Scottish a drinking bout; a spree〈苏格兰〉纵饮, 狂饮：
he only drank brandy when he was on a skite.
他开怀畅饮时只喝白兰地。
词源
early 18th cent. (in sense 2 of the verb)： perhaps of Old Norse origin; compare with SKIT.