skirt
Từ điển Collocation
skirt noun
ADJ. ankle-length, long | short | knee-length | tight | circular, flared, full, gathered, voluminous She tucked up her voluminous skirts to make room for Jane beside her. | pencil, straight | pleated, wrap-around
VERB + SKIRT hitch up, lift, pull up | pull down | tuck up | smooth (down) She sat down, smoothing the skirt of her dress. | straighten | ruck up
SKIRT + VERB billow, swirl Her full skirt billowed around her as she danced. | ride up Her skirt rode up her thighs when she sat down.
SKIRT + NOUN length > Special page at CLOTHES
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- informal terms for a (young) woman; dame, doll, wench, chick, bird
v.
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, dodge, duck, sidestep
He dodged the issue
she skirted the problem
They tend to evade their responsibilities
he evaded the questions skillfully
- pass around or about; move along the border
The boat skirted the coast
- form the edge of
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; surround, border
The forest surrounds my property
English Slang Dictionary
a female
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
skirts|skirted|skirting
syn.: border edge fringe margin rim