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单词 skirt
释义

skirt

See also: šķirt

English

A skirt

Etymology

From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: skû(r)t, IPA(key): /skɜːt/
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  • (US) enPR: skûrt, IPA(key): /skɝt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Noun

skirt (plural skirts)

  1. An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
    • c. 1907, O. Henry, The Purple Dress:
      "I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaited skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band of galloon under a white cloth collar with two rows of—"
  2. The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
    • 1885, Ada S. Ballin, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice, Chapter XI:
      The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.
    • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red-Headed League
      “It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!”
      Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.
    • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎:
      I had sprung to my feet. I was speaking, and yet I had prepared no words. Tarp Henry, my companion, was plucking at my skirts and I heard him whispering, "Sit down, Malone! Don't make a public ass of yourself."
  3. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
    • July 27, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian no. 118
      A narrow lace, or a small skirt of fine ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
  4. A petticoat.
  5. (derogatory, slang) A woman.
    • 1931, Robert E. Howard, Alleys of Peril:
      "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt."
      "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle.
      "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin' the swag h'over to 'er, and takin' wot she warnts to 'and us, w'en we could 'ave the 'ole lot. Take this job 'ere now--"
  6. (UK, colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
  7. (UK, colloquial) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
  8. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
    • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
      here in the skirts of the forest, like fringe upon a petticoat.
    • 1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 927360557, stanza XXXIX, page 68:
      I am a shadow now, alas! alas! / Upon the skirts of human-nature dwelling / Alone: [...]
  9. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals[1]

Usage notes

  • (article of clothing): It was formerly common to speak of “skirts” (plural) rather than “a skirt”. In some cases this served to emphasize an array of skirts of underskirts, or of pleats and folds in a single skirt; in other cases it made little or no difference in meaning.

Derived terms

  • apron skirt
  • bedskirt
  • beskirt
  • bit of skirt
  • chase skirt
  • circle skirt
  • cling to the skirts of
  • divided skirt
  • fender skirt
  • fishtail skirt
  • flippy skirt
  • foreskirt
  • golden skirt
  • grass skirt
  • hobble skirt
  • hoop skirt
  • lightskirt
  • maxiskirt
  • mermaid skirt
  • microskirt
  • midiskirt
  • miniskirt
  • outskirts
  • overskirt
  • pelmet skirt
  • pencil skirt
  • pettiskirt
  • poodle skirt
  • prairie skirt
  • pro skirt
  • puffball skirt
  • rah-rah skirt
  • red ring skirt
  • skirt chaser
  • skirt dance
  • skirted
  • skirt flashing
  • skirtini
  • skirtless
  • skirtlike
  • skirts and kidneys
  • skirt steak
  • skirty
  • skort
  • sprayskirt
  • underskirt
  • unskirted
  • upskirt

Descendants

  • → Japanese: スカート (sukāto)
  • → Korean: 스커트 (seukeoteu)
  • → Malay: skirt
  • → Scottish Gaelic: sgiort

Translations

article of clothing
petticoat — see petticoat
diaphragm, or midriff in animals — see diaphragm,‎ midriff
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Verb

skirt (third-person singular simple present skirts, present participle skirting, simple past and past participle skirted)

  1. To be on or form the border of.
    The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
  2. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
    skirt a mountain
    • 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, OCLC 19736994; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, OCLC 258624721:
      An enormous man and woman (it was early-closing day) were stretched motionless, with their heads on pocket-handkerchiefs, side by side, within a few feet of the sea, while two or three gulls gracefully skirted the incoming waves, and settled near their boots.
    • 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
      A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. […] This would also let high-speed trains skirt cities as moving platforms ferry passengers to and from the city centre.
    • 2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 51:
      I'd forgotten how scenic parts of the line are - the railway crosses a host of streams while meandering through meadows or skirting woodland.
  3. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
      skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold
  4. To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
    He skirted the issue of which parties to attend by staying at home instead.

Derived terms

  • skirt around
  • skirter
  • skirting-board
  • sunskirter
  • unskirted

Translations

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References

  1. 1839, Robley Dunglison, “SKIRT”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., OCLC 6188056:
    .
  • skirt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

  • Kirst, stirk

Malay

Etymology

From English skirt.

Noun

skirt (plural skirt-skirt, informal 1st possessive skirtku, 2nd possessive skirtmu, 3rd possessive skirtnya)

  1. skirt

Further reading

  • “skirt” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle English

Noun

skirt

  1. Alternative form of skyrte
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