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skid
[skɪd] verb intransitive (-dd-)
■(especially of a vehicle) to slide along a surface so that you have no control （尤指车辆）打滑•Trevor's bus skidded on some ice and hit a tree.特雷弗驾驶的公车在冰上打滑，撞上了一棵树。
[skɪd] noun countable
■an uncontrollable sliding movement 打滑•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。 ■one of two long flat pieces under some aircraft such as helicopters , which help the aircraft to land （飞机的）降落滑撬
■a support, often made of wood, for raising heavy objects off the ground or for moving them 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将之移动）
[skɪd] noun countable
on skid row mainly US informal
■poor, without a job or a place to live, and often drinking too much alcohol （失业酒徒）无家可归的
[skɪd] noun countable
on the skids informal
■experiencing difficulties and unlikely to continue successfully 走下坡路的，处境越来越糟的•Their marriage seems to be on the skids.他们的婚姻似乎在走下坡。
[skɪd] noun countable
put the skids under sth UK informal
■to cause something such as a plan to fail 导致（计划等）失败•Local residents have put the skids under plans to build a new shopping centre.当地居民的反对使得建造新购物中心的计划泡了汤。 |