Skiff



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.轻舟, 小船
• ［英］ n.轻舟, 小船 ( any of various small boat)
• ［类］ dart : missile / skiff : boat ( 标枪是一种投射物 / 小艇是一种船)
• ［记］ 和skill ( 技巧) 一起记

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English skif, from Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French esquif, from Old Italian schifo, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scip ship
• Date: 15th century
• any of various small boats; especially a flat-bottomed rowboat

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