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skate

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they skate
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he / she / it skates
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past simple skated
🔊/ˈskeɪtɪd/
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past participle skated
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-ing form skating
🔊/ˈskeɪtɪŋ/
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Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to move on skates（通常指）滑冰，溜冰 (usually referring to ice skating, if no other information is given)
    • Can you skate?你会滑冰吗？🔊🔊
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • Several people were skating on the frozen pond.几个人在冰冻的池塘上滑冰。
    • skate something 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。🔊🔊
    see also ice-skate, roller skateTopics Sports: other sportsb1
  2. [intransitive] to ride on a skateboard滑（滑板）
    3. Word Originverb mid 17th cent. (originally as the plural scates): from Dutch schaats (singular but interpreted as plural), from Old French eschasse ‘stilt’.
Idioms
be skating/walking on thin ice
  1. to be taking a risk履薄冰；冒风险

skate

noun
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 Idioms
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  1. (also ice skate)
     a boot with a thin metal blade (= sharp edge) on the bottom, that is used for skating on ice冰鞋；溜冰鞋
    • a pair of skates一双冰鞋
    see also in-line skateTopics Clothes and Fashionb2
  2. (also roller skate)
     a type of boot with two pairs of small wheels attached to the bottom（四轮）旱冰鞋；滚轴溜冰鞋；轮式溜冰鞋
  3. (plural skate, skates)
     a large flat sea fish that can be eaten鳐（扁体鱼，可食用）
    Topics Fish and shellfishc2
    4. Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 17th cent. (originally as the plural scates): from Dutch schaats (singular but interpreted as plural), from Old French eschasse ‘stilt’. noun sense 2 Middle English: from Old Norse skata.
Idioms
get/put your skates on
  1. (British English, informal) used to tell somebody to hurry赶紧；赶快
    • Get your skates on or you'll miss the bus.快点，要不你就赶不上公共汽车了。🔊🔊