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冰鞋;溜冰鞋
Skates are ice-skates.
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四轮溜冰鞋;旱冰鞋
Skates are roller-skates.
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VERB
溜冰;滑冰
If you skate, you move about wearing ice-skates or roller-skates.
例句
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。
Dan skated up to him.
丹滑着冰来到他的面前。
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鳐鱼(一种扁平状海鱼)
A skate is a kind of flat sea fish.
例句
Boats had plenty of mackerel and a few skate.
那些船上有许多鲭鱼,还有几条鳐鱼。
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VERB
避谈;回避;搪塞
If you skate over or round a difficult subject, you avoid discussing it.
例句
Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams...
科学家们往往回避释梦的难题。
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。