skive

verb
🔊/skaɪv/
🔊/skaɪv/
[intransitive, transitive] (British English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they skive
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he / she / it skives
🔊/skaɪvz/
🔊/skaɪvz/
past simple skived
🔊/skaɪvd/
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past participle skived
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-ing form skiving
🔊/ˈskaɪvɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskaɪvɪŋ/
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  1. to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving early躲避(工作);逃(学) synonym bunk off
    • ‘Where's Tom?’ ‘Skiving as usual.’“汤姆去哪了?” “和往常一样,溜了。”🔊🔊
    • skive off She always skives off early on Fridays.每到星期五,她总是早早就溜了。🔊🔊
    • I always skived off school when I could.我总是一有机会就逃学。
    • skive something I skived the last lecture.最后一节课我溜了。🔊🔊
    Topics Working lifec2, Educationc2
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: perhaps from French esquiver ‘slink away’.