skiff

FREQ #39545

n. 小艇, 轻舟, 小型帆船

发音

AU /skɪf/

词形变化

skiffs 复数 skiffs 三单 skiffing 现在分词 skiffed 过去式 skiffed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.

  2. 2.

    Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

    舟

  3. 1.

    A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.

    A skiff of rain blew into the shed and the two men moved their chairs back.

  4. 2.

    A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).

  5. 1.

    An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.

v.
  1. 1.

    To navigate in a skiff.

    及物 航海 交通
  2. 1.

    To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).

    方言

    1983, Roy McFadden, The Selected Roy McFadden, Dundonald, N. Ireland : Blackstaff Press With glimpses through the skiffing rain / Of Donegal across the bay, / And Scotland when the early mist is blown, […]

  3. 1.

    To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table.

词汇关系

名词

下位词 1

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相关短语

mackinaw skiff Orkney skiff

词源

From Middle English skif, from Middle French esquif, from Old Italian schifo (“small boat”), from Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”). Doublet of ship.

来源：wiktionary