Brit. informal <英, 非正式>
no obj.
- avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; shirk逃避工作或责任; 提早离开; 躲避：
I skived off school
我逃学了
with obj. she used to skive lessons.她过去常逃课。
派生词
skiver
noun词源
early 20th cent.: perhaps from French esquiver 'slink away'.