词典释义：
[no obj.] (of a vehicle) slide, typically sideways or obliquely, on slippery ground or as a result of stopping or turning too quickly
（尤指车辆因路滑、刹车或转弯过快而）侧滑，打滑，滑行
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the taxi cab skidded to a halt .出租车滑行了一段距离停了下来。
slip; slide
滑，滑动
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Barbara's foot skidded and she fell to the floor .芭芭拉的脚滑了一下，摔倒在地板上。
[with obj.]cause to skid
使滑动；使滑行
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he skidded his car .他使他的车滑行。
[with obj.]
〈北美〉 用滑动垫木移动（重物）
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they skidded the logs down the hill to the waterfront .他们用滑动垫木把木材从山上滚到河边。
〈喻〉 下降；使恶化
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its shares have skidded 29% since March. 其股票自三月起下跌了２９％．
[with obj.] fasten a skid to (a wheel) as a brake
用制轮具刹住（车轮）。
an act of skidding or sliding
打滑，侧滑；滑行
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the Volvo went into a skid .这辆沃尔沃汽车打滑了。
a runner attached to the underside of an aircraft for use when landing on snow or grass
（着落雪地或草地时系在飞机下侧的）滑橇，起落橇。
〈北美〉 （移动木头或其他重物的）垫木；滑动垫木。
a braking device consisting of a wooden or metal shoe preventing a wheel from revolving
制轮具；刹车。
a beam or plank of wood used to support a ship under construction or repair
（船只建造或维修时支撑用的）护垫木。
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hit the skids informal begin a rapid decline or deterioration 〈非正式〉 走向衰退；开始堕落 -
on the skids informal （of a person or their career） in a bad state; failing 〈非正式〉 （人，职业）陷入困境；失败的 -
put the skids under informal hasten the decline or failure of 〈非正式〉 加速衰退（或失败）
"late 17th cent. （as a noun in the sense ‘supporting beam’）： perhaps related to Old Norse
