skite
skite
[skʌɪt]
(informal)(非正式)
verb
[no obj.]
northern English
[skʌɪt]
(informal)(非正式)
verb
[no obj.]
- (Austral./NZ)boast
(澳/新西兰)吹牛，夸口
she had a silk dress and used to skite about it.
她曾有一件丝绸连衣裙并经常拿来夸口。 - [with adverbial of direction]move quickly and forcefully, especially when glancing off a surface
（尤指掠过表面）急速移动
rain skited off her coat.
雨滴沿着她的外套急速滚下。
northern English
- (Austral./NZ)a boaster. blatherskite
(澳/新西兰)吹牛者
■[mass noun]boasting; boastfulness
吹牛，夸口 - (Scottish)a drinking bout; a spree
(苏格兰)纵饮，狂饮
he only drank brandy when he was on a skite.
纵饮时他只喝白兰地。
- early 18th cent. (in sense 2 of the verb): perhaps of Old Norse origin; compare with skit
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