skate

/skeit/

Thân thiện

A child glides across the ice on a single skate.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A type of fish: A skate is a large, flat, bottom-dwelling marine fish related to rays, with a long snout, a thick tail, and wing-like pectoral fins.
   • Sports equipment: A skate is a boot or shoe with a metal runner or set of wheels attached to its sole, used for gliding over ice or a hard surface.

2. Verb:

   • To move on skates: To glide or propel oneself over a surface (like ice or pavement) using skates.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Fish):

  • The fisherman caught a large skate in the bay.
  • Skate wings are considered a delicacy in some cuisines.

• Noun (Equipment):

  • She bought a new pair of roller skates for her birthday.
  • He tightened the laces on his ice skate before stepping onto the rink.

• Verb:

  • We like to skate on the frozen pond every winter.
  • The children learned to skate at the local arena.

Advanced Usage

• "to skate over/around something": To avoid discussing a difficult subject or problem in detail; to treat it superficially.
  • The politician tried to skate around the issue of taxes during the debate.
  • His report merely skated over the main challenges facing the project.

Variants and Related Words

• Skater (noun): A person who skates.
  • The skater performed an impressive jump.
• Skating (noun): The action, activity, or sport of moving on skates.
  • Figure skating is an Olympic sport.
• Ice skate (noun): A boot with a metal blade for skating on ice.
• Roller skate (noun): A shoe or boot with wheels for skating on a hard surface.
• Inline skate (noun): A type of roller skate with wheels set in a single line.

Synonyms

• Glide: To move smoothly and continuously along a surface.
• Coast: To move easily without using power, especially on wheels or skates.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Skate through (something): To get through something, such as a task or situation, very easily and with little effort.
  • He skated through the exam without studying.
• Skate on thin ice: To be in a risky or dangerous situation where one could easily make a serious mistake or get into trouble.
  • By lying to his boss, he was skating on thin ice.

Related Idioms

• Get one's skates on: (British English, informal) To hurry up.
  • You'd better get your skates on or we'll be late!

Học thuật

Noun

1. large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
2. sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs

Verb

1. move along on skates
   • The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter