skid

横滑り、スリップ

運転者が十分に制御できない、車の突然の滑り。

やさしい英語で： A sudden slide of a vehicle that the driver cannot fully control.

• The car went into a skid.
• A sudden skid sent the van toward the wall.
• The driver managed to control the skid.

使い方： go into a skid (The bus went into a skid on the icy road.)

類義語： slide

よく使う表現： go into a skid, sudden skid, control a skid

スキッド、着陸そり

航空機の下にある、車輪なしで着陸したり地面に置いたりするための長い支え。

やさしい英語で： A long support under an aircraft that lets it land or rest without wheels.

• The helicopter rested on its skids.
• One landing skid was damaged.
• The pilot lowered the aircraft until both skids touched the ground.

類義語： runner

よく使う表現： landing skid, helicopter skid, aircraft skid

そりの滑走部、そりの滑走板

そりの下に付いた、雪や氷の上を滑る細長い部品。

やさしい英語で： A long narrow piece under a sled that slides over snow or ice.

• One skid broke under the sled.
• The wooden skids slid easily over the snow.
• He repaired both skids before the journey.

類義語： runner

よく使う表現： sled skid, wooden skid, metal skid

横滑りする、スリップする

特に濡れた道や凍った道で、十分に制御できずに滑る。

やさしい英語で： To slide across the ground without proper control, especially when a road is wet or icy.

• The car skidded on ice.
• His wheels skidded when he braked.
• The truck skidded off the road into a field.

使い方： skid on something (The van skidded on the wet road.); skid into/off something (The car skidded into a fence.)

類義語： slide, slip

よく使う表現： skid on ice, skid sideways, skid off something, skid around something