skirt

スカート

腰から下に垂れ、脚の一部または全体を覆う衣服。

やさしい英語で： 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?

よく使う表現： long skirt, short skirt, wear a skirt

避ける、はぐらかす

話題や問題に正面から取り組むのを避ける。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： skirt around something (The report skirts around the problem of cost.)

類義語： avoid, evade

反対語： confront

よく使う表現： skirt the issue, skirt a question, skirt around something

迂回する、縁に沿って進む

中央を通らず、端に沿って進む。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： skirt around something (We skirted around the flooded village.)

類義語： go around, bypass

よく使う表現： skirt a mountain, skirt the city, skirt around something

縁取る、取り囲む

ある場所の端に沿って位置し、その外側の境界を形作る。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： border, fringe

よく使う表現： skirt a field, skirt a village, skirt the coast