skirt

gonna

Indumento che scende dalla vita e copre le gambe in parte o completamente.

In inglese semplice: A piece of clothing that hangs from the waist and covers some or all of the legs.

• She wore a red skirt.
• This skirt has two pockets.
• Do you prefer skirts or trousers?

Espressioni comuni: long skirt, short skirt, wear a skirt

eludere, evitare

Evitare di affrontare direttamente un argomento o un problema.

In inglese semplice: To avoid dealing with a subject or problem directly.

• He tried to skirt the issue.
• She skirted my question about the missing money.
• We cannot keep skirting around this problem.

Come si usa: skirt around something (The report skirts around the problem of cost.)

Sinonimi: avoid, evade

Contrari: confront

Espressioni comuni: skirt the issue, skirt a question, skirt around something

aggirare, costeggiare

Muoversi lungo il bordo di qualcosa invece di attraversarne il centro.

In inglese semplice: To travel along the edge of something instead of going through its middle.

• The walkers skirted the lake.
• We skirt the city to avoid heavy traffic.
• Our route skirted a thick forest.

Come si usa: skirt around something (We skirted around the flooded village.)

Sinonimi: go around, bypass

Espressioni comuni: skirt a mountain, skirt the city, skirt around something

costeggiare, delimitare

Estendersi lungo il margine di un luogo o formarne il confine esterno.

In inglese semplice: To lie along the edge of a place or form its outer border.

• Trees skirt the field.
• A narrow road skirts the lake.
• Low hills skirted the wide plain.

Sinonimi: border, fringe

Espressioni comuni: skirt a field, skirt a village, skirt the coast