v.溜冰;滑冰
n.冰鞋;滑冰
In winter, many people skate on the lake. 冬天时,许多人在湖上溜冰。
The ice is too thin to skate on. 冰太薄,不能在上面溜冰。
The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter. 冬天荷兰人经常沿着运河滑冰。
用作名词 (n.)I can move very fast across the ice on skates. 我穿着冰鞋在冰上滑得很快。
I have bought ice skates to learn to figure skate. 我买了一双花样刀来学习滑冰。
skate的基本意思是“溜冰”“滑冰”,引申可表示“一带而过”“掠过”等。
skate既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词、代词作宾语。用作不及物动词时,多与 over〔 around ,round〕连用,意思是“(口头或书面提及某事时)轻描淡写地带过”“回避”“略过”等。
skate也可用作名词,意思是“溜冰鞋”。例如:He bought a pair of skates yesterday.昨天他买了一双溜冰鞋。