Tra từ skirt - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

skirt [skirt skirts skirted skirting] noun, verb BrE [skɜːt] NAmE [skɜːrt]
noun

1. countable a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that hangs from the waist
•a long/short/straight/pleated, etc. skirt
2. countable (also skirtsplural)the part of a dress, coat, etc. that hangs below the waist
3. countable an outer covering or part used to protect the base of a vehicle or machine
•the rubber skirt around the bottom of a hovercraft

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with ↑short. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.

Example Bank:
•Her skirt rode up her thighs when she sat down.
•I lifted the hem of my skirt.
•I've worn both skirt suits and pant suits to interviews.
•She sat down, smoothing her skirt.
•She sat down, smoothing the skirt of her dress.
•She tucked up her voluminous skirts to make room for Jane beside her.
•She was wearing a short denim skirt.
•She wore the plaid skirt that was the uniform of her private school.
•The skirt falls just above the knee.
•a green jacket with a matching skirt

verb
1. transitive, intransitive to be or go around the edge of sth
•~ sth They followed the road that skirted the lake.
• They skirted the forest and emerged on to a path.
•~ around/round sth I skirted around the field and crossed the bridge.
2. transitive, intransitive to avoid talking about a subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing
•~ sth He carefully skirted the issue of where they would live.
•~ around/round sth She tactfully skirted around the subject of money.
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Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with ↑short. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.