skate

verb

1. （通常指）滑冰，溜冰
   to move on skates (usually referring to ice skating , if no other information is given)
   1. Can you skate?
      你会滑冰吗？
   2. It was so cold that we were able to go skating on the lake.
      天气极冷，我们能到湖上去滑冰了。
   3. He skated an exciting programme at the American Championships.
      他在美国锦标赛上滑出一组扣人心弦的动作。
2. 滑（滑板）
   to ride on a skateboard

noun

noun

1. 鳐（扁体鱼，可食用）
   a large flat sea fish that can be eaten

The plural skate is used in meaning 4. 义项 4 的复数形式为 skate。


1. 冰鞋;溜冰鞋
   Skates are ice-skates.
2. 四轮溜冰鞋;旱冰鞋
   Skates are roller-skates.
3. VERB 溜冰;滑冰
   If you skate, you move about wearing ice-skates or roller-skates.
   1. I actually skated, and despite some teetering I did not fall on the ice...
      我真的滑冰了——尽管有些踉跄，但没有跌跟头。
   2. Dan skated up to him.
      丹滑着冰来到他的面前。
4. N-COUNT 鳐鱼(一种扁平状海鱼)
   A skate is a kind of flat sea fish.
   1. Boats had plenty of mackerel and a few skate.
      那些船上有许多鲭鱼，还有几条鳐鱼。
   2. Skate is this fish eaten as food.
      (供食用的)鳐鱼
5. VERB 避谈;回避;搪塞
   If you skate over or round a difficult subject, you avoid discussing it.
   1. Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams...
      科学家们往往回避释梦的难题。
   2. When pressed, he skates around the subject of those women who he met as a 19-year-old.
      别人逼问他有关他 19 岁时遇到的那些女人的情况时，他就会加以搪塞。

1. I actually skated, and despite some teetering I did not fall on the ice
   我真的滑冰了——尽管有些踉跄，但没有跌跟头。
2. Dan skated up to him.
   丹滑着冰来到他的面前。
3. Boats had plenty of mackerel and a few skate.
   那些船上有许多鲭鱼，还有几条鳐鱼。
4. Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams
   科学家们往往回避释梦的难题。
5. When pressed, he skates around the subject of those women who he met as a 19-year-old.
   别人逼问他有关他19岁时遇到的那些女人的情况时，他就会加以搪塞。
6. They were picked to skate against the visiting team.
   他们被选出来与客队比赛溜冰。
7. He's such a cheap skate; be won't take his wife out to dinner on her birthday.
   他是个爱钱如命的人，妻子过生日他是不会带她出去吃饭的。
8. It was reckless of him to skate out onto the thin ice.
   他在冰层很薄的地方溜冰，真是胡来。
9. I used to be able to skate quite well, but I've lost the knock.
   我从前滑冰滑得不错，可现在没有这本事了。
10. I like winter because I like to ski and skate.
    我喜欢冬天，因为我喜欢滑雪和滑冰。
11. In spring, there is no ice, but many people still want to skate!
    到了春天就没有冰了，但是有许多人还是想溜冰。
12. You see, I can skate, ski and make snowmen in Winter.
    你知道，冬天我可以滑冰、滑雪，还可以堆雪人。
13. I can not only swim but also skate.
    我不但会游泳，而且会滑冰。
14. My brother and I learned to skate together.
    我哥哥和我一起学的滑冰。
15. Tom will be able to skate as well as you.
    滑冰将会和你一样好。
16. I like swimming, but I like to skate in winter.
    我喜欢游泳，但冬天我喜欢滑冰。
17. I________ skate last year but I can skate this year.
    去年我不会滑冰，但今年我会了。
18. Well, I'll skate with you.
    我可以和你滑啊。
19. We warned them not to skate on such thin ice.
    我们警告他们不要在这么薄的冰上滑冰。
20. I like skating, Can you skate?
    我喜欢溜冰，你会溜冰吗？
21. If there's anyone who wants to skate with me.
    如果有人想和我搭档。
22. A place where you can learn to skate.
    它是一个你能学习滑冰的地方。
23. With a skateboard, you can skate on the street.
    有了溜冰板，你可以正在大街上滑冰了。
24. After snow, I would like to skate and ski with my friends.
    在雪后，我想要溜冰，滑雪同我的朋友。
25. Can he swim? No, but he can skate.
    他会游泳吗？不会，但是他会滑冰。
26. His talent, personality, and innovative approach to skating inked him into the pages of skate history permanently.
    他的对滑冰的天分、个性和创新方法永久地着墨了他入冰鞋历史页。
27. He said he could swim and skate.
    他说他会游泳和滑冰。
28. From attached middle school of Shenyang music institute, studying flute and piano, like swimming and skate.
    来自沈阳音乐学院附中，学习长笛和钢琴，喜欢游泳和滑冰。
29. I just never want to skate again.
    我只是不想再滑了。
30. Now people can skate on the lake.
    现在人们可以在湖上滑冰了。

  glide skate ski slide【导航词义：滑行】

  glide v. 滑行；滑翔

〔辨析〕指顺畅且无声响地滑行，看似很轻松；也可指鸟儿或飞机滑翔。

  skate v. 滑冰，溜冰

〔辨析〕指穿着冰鞋在冰上滑行。

  ski v. 滑雪

〔辨析〕指用滑雪板在雪地里滑行。

  slide v. 滑动，滑行

〔辨析〕多指在光滑的表面上迅速地连续滑动。

skate over sth

1. 回避；避免涉及
   to avoid talking about or considering a difficult subject
   1. Can you skate?
      你会滑冰吗？
   2. It was so cold that we were able to go skating on the lake.
      天气极冷，我们能到湖上去滑冰了。
   3. He skated an exciting programme at the American Championships.
      他在美国锦标赛上滑出一组扣人心弦的动作。

v.

be skating/walking on thin ice

• 履薄冰；冒风险
  to be taking a risk

n.

get/put your skates on

• 赶紧；赶快
  used to tell sb to hurry
  1. Get your skates on or you'll miss the bus.
     快点，要不你就赶不上公共汽车了。

noun

1. large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head

2. sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs

verb

1. move along on skates
   1. The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter