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- skate [sket] [skeɪt]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- skate [skeɪt]
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1.
n
See roller skate ice skate
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2.
n
the steel blade or runner of an ice skate
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3.
n
such a blade fitted with straps for fastening to a shoe
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4.
n
a current collector on an electric railway train that collects its current from a third rail - Compare bow collector
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5.
vi.
[intr]
to glide swiftly on skates
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6.
vi.
to slide smoothly over a surface
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7.
vi.
[Etymology]
C17: via Dutch from Old French éschasse stilt, probably of Germanic origin
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1.
n
See roller skate ice skate
- skate [skeɪt]
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1.
n
any large ray of the family Rajidae, of temperate and tropical seas, having flat pectoral fins continuous with the head, two dorsal fins, a short spineless tail, and a long snout
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Old Norse skata
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1.
n
any large ray of the family Rajidae, of temperate and tropical seas, having flat pectoral fins continuous with the head, two dorsal fins, a short spineless tail, and a long snout
- skate [skeɪt]
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n
[US]
[slang]
a person; fellow
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2.
n
[Etymology]
from Scottish and northern English dialect skate, a derogatory term of uncertain origin
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1.
n
[US]
[slang]
a person; fellow
Examples
- In ice hockey the players skate around the ice and try to make a goal with the puck.
- 冰上曲棍球比赛中，球员在冰上周旋，用球杆把球击入球门。 → skate
- I love to swim, but sometimes I prefer to skate.
- 我喜欢游泳，但有时我更愿意滑冰。 → sometimes
- After the lake froze, we could skate on it.
- 湖面结冰后，我们就能在上面滑冰了。 → freeze
- 为了学习滑冰, 他给自己买了一个冰车。
- He bought himself a device with ice skate blades to learn to skate. → 冰车
- 他三天工夫就学会了滑冰。
- It took him only three days to learn to skate. → 工夫
- 他溜冰溜到了冰层很薄的地方，真是胡来。
- It was reckless of him to skate out onto the thin ice. → 胡来
- 会滑冰
- can skate → 会
- 天气转暖, 河面上已没有溜冰的人。
- It is turning warm, so people no longer skate on the river. → 河面
- 她后晌才来, 咱们现在先去溜一圈。
- She won't arrive until the afternoon. Let's skate for a circuit first now. → 后晌
- 我买了一双花样刀来学习滑冰。
- I have bought ice skates to learn to figure skate. → 花样刀
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