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skid /ˈskɪd/
(vt.)剎住,滾滑(vi.)打滑剎車,滑動墊木
Skid, v. i.
1. To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.
2. To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or automobile.
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Skid n. [Written also skeed.]
1. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically: (a) pl. Naut. Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. --Totten. (b) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling. (c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
3. Aeronautics A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.
6. Act of skidding; -- called also side slip.
Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skidded p. pr. & vb. n. Skidding.]
1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
3. Forestry To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
ski
n : narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding
over snow [syn: skis]
v : move along on skis; "We love to ski the Rockies"
[also: ski'd]
skid
n 1: one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or
sliding objects
2: a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved
hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's
rotation [syn: brake shoe, shoe]
3: an unexpected slide [syn: slip, sideslip]
v 1: slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the
wet road"
2: elevate onto skids
3: apply a brake or skid to
4: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: slip,
slue, slew, slide]
[also: skidding, skidded]