1A woman's outer garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs.

1. 1.1 The part of a coat or dress that hangs below the waist.
   （衣服的）下摆
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Then there are these gorgeous gorgeous heavenly dresses with their flowing skirts and soft dove grey colors.
   • The bodice hugged my form and the skirt flared to give me enough room to run.
   • I pulled the skirt of my dress back down, readjusted the bodice so that it wasn't so twisted.
   • The dress had a beautiful A line skirt and a strapless bodice that had dark pink beaded designs on it.
   • The full length skirt of the dress flowed out, brushing the floor.
   • She grabbed the flint out of the pocket of her trousers and slipped it into the small pocket in the skirt of her dress after giving her sister a hug.
   • Her tunic hung loosely around her as she adjusted her long skirt around her waist.
   • She was dressed in a style I had only seen in old portraits, a stiff black dress with flaring skirts and a lace-ornamented stomacher.
   • Her cerise dress had narrow skirts and large, puffed sleeves.
   • It was a sleeveless dress and the skirt was long and flowing.
   • Amy adjusted Sara's coat over the skirt of her blue dress before turning for the scarf.
   • When I stand my hands rest on the netted skirt of the gown.
   • The lapels of the coat extend beyond the skirt, and halt at my mid-shin.
   • It's a blue-grey tulle dress with a sequins-spattered skirt and sheer camisole top.
   • I adjusted the skirt of my green gown.
   • She smoothed out the long skirt of her gown and waited for Thomas to stand.
   • Amelia wore pretty dresses with full skirts and small waists with short jackets and fanned pumps.
2. 1.2informal A woman or 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, Al, off to chase some skirt?

   那么，桑德罗，去追哪位姑娘呢？

   Example sentencesExamples

   • No, he was a skirt chaser of the worse kind.
   • He was chasing skirt and snorting booze, hoovering up every kind of sin and excess he could lay his gauntlets on.
   • He was here, with her this very instant, and he wasn't leaving to go chase some skirt.
   • Dad told me you were quite a skirt chaser when you were in high school.
3. 1.3 The curtain that hangs around the base of a hovercraft to contain the air cushion.
   （气垫船的）围裙
4. 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
   Example sentencesExamples

   • On the outside the 888 has new wheel arches, side skirts, chassis and an odd-looking rear spoiler.
   • Slender headlamps and a new tail lamp cluster add a dash of elegance while a trendy side skirt shows off alloy wheels.
   • Sprung armour side skirts protect the wheels and tracks.
   • A front spoiler, side skirts, radiator grille and sports exhaust with a specially-designed heat shield give the cabrio Brabus an elegant look.
   • It was leaded and lowered, with Moon hubs and full fender skirts; zero to sixty in just a few.
   • Body modifications include a high-rise hood, deep side skirts and cooling ducts ahead of the rear wheels.
   • I decided to remove the Westin Nerf Bars that I had and add a Street Scene bumper, side skirts and custom grille.
   • In a move to attract younger drivers, the T3 grade hatchbacks have dedicated 15-inch alloy wheels, side and rear skirts and front fog lamps.
   • It was painted metallic mauve and had skirts over the wheel wells and dice sponges hanging from the rearview mirror.
   • The exterior is also enhanced with deep side skirts, flared wheel arches and two-tone bumpers.
   • Pistons are jet cooled on the underside and piston skirts have a special coating to assure a smooth break-in period.
   • There was a lot of emphasis on the cuts and the skirts were streamlined.
   • Besides its backside, the front is featuring a wider bumper that incorporates side skirts and a huge air inlet.
   • Modifications extend far beyond the engine bay and include lowered suspension, side skirts or spoilers.
   • Furio and VTR models feature body colour-painted bumpers, skirts and rear spoiler, while the two-tone sports seats provide extra support.
   • Side skirts and new alloy wheels complete the changes.
   • The upper part of the suspension is covered by a protective skirt.
5. 1.5 A small flap on a saddle, covering the bar from which the stirrup leather hangs.
   （马鞍的）垂边
   Example sentencesExamples

   • I pulled myself slowly into the saddle, arranging the skirts carefully.
   • If the saddle or the blanket is too long at the skirt it too may be rubbing her at the hip bone area.
6. 1.6archaic An edge, border, or extreme part.
   〈古〉边缘，外围
   Compare with outskirts

1Go around or past the edge of.

他没有穿过城市而是绕着城的边缘走。

1. 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。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The South course winds through terraced canyons and skirts ocean cliff edges before finishing on a very challenging par 4.
   • Stay on this as it skirts Orielton Field Centre then heads south down into a small valley.
   • The ‘road’ along Jomtien Beach was a stretch of unpaved dirt that skirted long lines of swaying palm trees.
   • At this time of year she may be just South, along the glades that skirt the woods.
   • Along the scenic route skirting the rim we stopped at every lookout to gaze at the fantastic scenery.
   • We also leased horses and went along a shaded path skirted by a stream.
   • Just outside the Utica airport's perimeter is a county highway that skirts the end of the main runway.
   • The highway skirted the shoreline, winding as it dipped beneath a sea of swaying grass.
   • One field skirted the edge of a primary school, which was fenced off with barbed wire and guard posts.
   • The highway skirts the border between mountains and high desert.
   • He walked along the path that skirted the building.
   • His current quarry had turned north to skirt the edge of the extensive lawn.
   • It would skirt Northcliffe Playing fields and pass under or over Bradford Road at the Branch pub.

   Synonyms

   border, edge, flank, fringe, line, lie alongside
2. 1.2skirt along/aroundno object 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。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I'm really skirting around the issue here, because I'm afraid to say it.
   • You often skirt around the ‘universal health care’ sacred cow.
   • But the solution does not lie in skirting around the edges of the problem, but rather, diving directly in.
   • We skirted around water buffalo, flocks of chickens and barking dogs.
   • The path skirts around the hillside and soon reaches a wall gap by pylons.
   • They all responded by skirting around the issue trying not to point of the finger of blame.
   • But let me make one point that people seem to skirt around.
   • I went out of my way to walk right through a puddle, rather than skirt around it.
   • Their parents used them to skirt around the legal limit of $1,000 that any individual can give to a particular candidate.
   • Soon they were skirting along the coast towards Louisburgh as bonfires blazed along the road.
3. 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 object the treaty skirted around the question of political cooperation

   该条约避开了政治合作问题。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Further skirting round a definition of jazz, Dyer drops this fabulous description of Thelonius Monk approaching the piano.
   • While uncomfortable with the question the Tánaiste skirted round it nicely and the matter was dropped.
   • They skirt the law by being careful not to advocate voting for or against any candidate.
   • I thus contend that, on this matter, Volokh is skirting the central issue.
   • The bill was drafted in an attempt to skirt constitutional concerns.
   • "They skirt the usury laws by saying it's not a loan, " Nixon said.
   • He skirts the road-legality issue by informing customers that his bikes are sold for recreation, not transportation.
   • The new film just seems to be skirting round things; it hasn't been brave enough.
   • Mac wasn't ready to deal with that so he skirted the question.
   • ‘I thought you didn't want to talk about it,’ Brett replied, skirting past the real discussion on hand.
   • Media coverage of hot-button issues usually skirts this aspect of them.
   • His ears pounded and his lips trembled, but Tony didn't skirt around anything.
   • Canseco's charges were met with outright denials or responses that skirted the issue.
   • This is despite the likes of the Washington Post delicately skirting round the direct quote.
   • Recent researchers have been less reductionist and more sympathetic than Adorno, but they too have skirted round the audience.
   • They employ the foul the wing back tactic more than most teams and their toughness skirts on the legality border.
   • We are next door, enjoying a glass of wine, skirting round the topic of the missing Christmas lights.
   • My clever ploy of skirting the issue with talks of tutoring hadn't worked.
   • Hewlett skirts this issue, by concentrating on practicalities.
   • The time seems to have come for Japan to stop skirting this essential question.

   Synonyms

   avoid, evade, steer clear of, sidestep, dodge, circumvent, bypass, pass over, fight shy of