skirted

英 [ˈskɜːtɪd]

美 [ˈskɜːrtɪd]

v.  环绕…的四周; 位于…的边缘; 沿…的边缘走; 绕开，回避(话题)
skirt的过去式

过去式：skirted　

COCA.42569

柯林斯词典

• 裙子;短裙
  Askirtis a piece of clothing worn by women and girls. It fastens at the waist and hangs down around the legs.
• VERB 位于…的边缘;位于…的外围;围绕
  Something thatskirtsan area is situated around the edge of it.
  1. We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill.
     我们从山坡下的一大片田地里飞奔而过。
• VERB 沿着…的边缘走;沿着…的外围走;绕着…走
  If youskirtsomething, you go around the edge of it.
  1. We shall be skirting the island on our way...
     我们将一路环岛而行。
  2. She skirted round the edge of the room to the door.
     她贴着房间的墙边走到了门口。
• VERB 避开，回避(困难、问题等)
  If youskirta problem or question, you avoid dealing with it.
  1. He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement...
     他避开了最棘手的问题，将精力集中于有可能达成一致的领域。
  2. He skirted round his main differences with her.
     他避开了和她之间的主要分歧。

双语例句

• People passing by skirted the pile of his belongings.
  往来行人绕开他那堆行李。
• Here the troops split into battalions and companies, skirted around Hantan and marched eastward.
  部队以营、连为单位，绕过邯郸向东行进。
• He skirted round the subject of his parents.
  他避免谈论有关他父母的问题。
• Checks and balances were skirted, with the debt bypassing authorisation by parliament on the grounds that because it was to be repaid in oil not in dollars it could not be classified as debt.
  制衡机制被避开了，这笔债务绕过了委内瑞拉议会授权，理由是，因为债务将用石油而非美元偿还，所以它不能被归类为债务。
• They skirted round a bus.
  他们绕过一辆公共汽车。
• As usual, he just skirted around the subject.
  像往常一样，他对这个问题只是避而不谈。
• The strength and riches of the civilized world became inadequate to make head against the nomad population which skirted its northern frontier;
  文明世界的力量和财富变得不足以抵抗北方边境游牧居民的入侵。
• The caravan routes through Xinjiang skirted the great desert areas by tracking along the edges of mountain ranges.
  大蓬车队沿着山脉经过了新疆边缘的沙漠化较严重的地区。
• Dunhuang has a special place in history because of its location close to the parting of the northern and southern routes that skirted the impassable Taklamakan desert.
  敦煌历史上拥有特别的地理位置，因为它接近南北路线的分界处，绕过不可通行的塔克拉玛干沙漠。
• She answered his questions-the children, her job, her parents-but always skirted round the main issue.
  她回答了他的问题孩子、的工作、的家人但总是避而不谈关键问题。