skift

发音

US /skɪft/

词形变化

skifts 复数 skifts skifted skifting skifts 三单 skifting 现在分词 skifted 过去式 skifted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).

    苏格兰 方言

    Last night we had a little skift of snow.

v.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”).

    方言

    […] Violent gusts of wind came in rapid succession down the sound of Kilbrannan ; and a skifting rain, flung fitfully but fiercely from the huge black clouds as they hurried along before the tempest that ...

  2. 2.

    To shift; to move or remove.

    方言 废旧

词源

From Scots skift (“light shower of rain or snow”), related to skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”) (which see for more) and skiffle.

来源：wiktionary