skirting

英 [ˈskɜːtɪŋ]

美 [ˈskɜːrtɪŋ]

v.  环绕…的四周; 位于…的边缘; 沿…的边缘走; 绕开，回避(话题)
skirt的现在分词

复数：skirtings　现在分词：skirting　

BNC.20063 / COCA.31168

柯林斯词典

• 裙子;短裙
  Askirtis a piece of clothing worn by women and girls. It fastens at the waist and hangs down around the legs.
• VERB 位于…的边缘;位于…的外围;围绕
  Something thatskirtsan area is situated around the edge of it.
  1. We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill.
     我们从山坡下的一大片田地里飞奔而过。
• VERB 沿着…的边缘走;沿着…的外围走;绕着…走
  If youskirtsomething, you go around the edge of it.
  1. We shall be skirting the island on our way...
     我们将一路环岛而行。
  2. She skirted round the edge of the room to the door.
     她贴着房间的墙边走到了门口。
• VERB 避开，回避(困难、问题等)
  If youskirta problem or question, you avoid dealing with it.
  1. He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement...
     他避开了最棘手的问题，将精力集中于有可能达成一致的领域。
  2. He skirted round his main differences with her.
     他避开了和她之间的主要分歧。

双语例句

• After skirting the woods, he followed the curve of the river and came to a new place where the river valley abruptly opened up.
  绕过一片树林子以后，他顺着河湾走进了一块新的地方。他看见河谷骤然开阔了。
• The world has stepped back from the brink, but is still skirting the edge of the precipice.
  世界已从悬崖边缘后退，但并没有完全脱离绝壁附近的危险地带。
• Table cloth and skirting must be well pressed without any stain and holes.
  台布和台裙必须无破损无污渍且平整。
• He's doing all the joinery work in the new house by himself and has just put a skirting board in the living room.
  他一个人在干新房子里所有的细木工活，刚在起居室装了踢脚板。
• He was skirting the issue.
  他是在回避问题。
• Although there is a prominent curving couloir skirting the buttress on the left, the Russians chose to tackle a direct and far more difficult line up the center.
  虽然这里有一个突起的冰雪沟槽从左边连接着拱壁，俄罗斯人选择对付这条直上更难的路线直达拱壁。
• Appointed mechanical engineering for drive, skirting, cover design and escalator nonstandard design.
  期间作为机械工程师主要负责自动扶梯传动系统与围裙板，内外盖板的设计。
• He has found them to be somewhat lacking in emotional depth; skirting round problems rather than meeting them head on.
  他发现他们之间感情不深，谈话时老是绕圈子，而不是直接接触问题。
• Laying of tiles to floor slabs in the changing room area including skirting ( staff and fitness rooms);
  对更衣室区域（员工及健身房）的楼板包括踢脚线贴砖。
• Wearisome as this topic has become, Mr Maitland achieves nothing by skirting it.
  尽管这一话题已经让人感到厌倦，梅特兰若想回避，就只能一无所获。