"split or cut into strips, pare off, grind away," 1825, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skifa "to cut, split," from Proto-Germanic *skif-, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Related: Skived; skiving.
skive (v.2)
"evade duty," usually with off, 1919, probably from earlier sense "move lightly and quickly, dart" (1854), of unknown origin. Related: Skived; skiving.
雙語例句
1. Almost everybody'skids skive off school.
幾乎每個(gè)人的孩子都逃學(xué)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I can skive off for a few hours.
我可以提前幾個(gè)小時(shí)溜出來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. I decided to skive off school and tell my mum I had a bad headache.
我決定不去上學(xué),告訴媽媽我的頭很疼.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. We have to do something to fill the hours, so what we do is cyber - skive.