skid
verb [ I ] uk/skɪd/ us/skɪd/ -dd-
(尤指车辆)打滑
(especially of a vehicle) to slide along a surface so that you have no control
Tony's car skidded on some ice and hit a tree. 托尼开的车在冰上打滑,撞到了一棵树上。
skid
noun [ C ] uk/skɪd/ us/skɪd/
打滑
a sliding movement that cannot be controlled
She was riding too fast on a wet road, and the motorbike went into a skid. 她在湿滑的路面上骑得太快,摩托车打滑了。
(飞机的)起落撬
one of two long flat pieces under some aircraft, such as helicopters, that help the aircraft to land
垫木,低平台(一种支撑物,常常由木材构成,用于将重物从地面升起或移动)
a support, often made of wood, for raising heavy objects off the ground or for moving them
Idioms
on skid rowidiom mainly US informal (失业酒徒)无家可归的
poor, without a job or a place to live, and often drinking too much alcohol
be on the skidsidiom informal (US also hit the skids) 走下坡路的,处境越来越坏的
to experience difficulties and be likely to fail
Their marriage seems to be on the skids. 他们的婚姻似乎在走下坡路。
put the skids under somethingidiom UK informal 导致(计划等)失败
to cause something such as a plan to fail
Local residents have put the skids under plans to build a new shopping centre. 当地居民的反对使得建一个新购物中心的计划泡了汤。