1 a piece of clothing that is worn by women and girls and that hangs down from the waist 裙子 ☞Look at culottes. 参看culottes。
2 an outer covering or protective part for the base of a vehicle or machine （车辆或机器底部的）围裙，挡板: the rubber skirt around the bottom of a hovercraft气垫船底部四周的胶围裙☞picture at boat 见boat插图
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/skɜ:t ||; skɝt/verb [I,T] to go around the edge of sth 沿边缘走 skirt round sth to avoid talking about sth in a direct way 避免直接谈及某事: The manager skirted round the subject of our pay increase.经理避而不谈加薪的事。