v.溜冰；滑冰

n.冰鞋；滑冰

In winter, many people skate on the lake. 冬天时，许多人在湖上溜冰。

The ice is too thin to skate on. 冰太薄,不能在上面溜冰。

The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter. 冬天荷兰人经常沿着运河滑冰。

I can move very fast across the ice on skates. 我穿着冰鞋在冰上滑得很快。

I have bought ice skates to learn to figure skate. 我买了一双花样刀来学习滑冰。

skate的基本意思是“溜冰”“滑冰”,引申可表示“一带而过”“掠过”等。

skate既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词、代词作宾语。用作不及物动词时,多与 over〔 around ,round〕连用,意思是“(口头或书面提及某事时)轻描淡写地带过”“回避”“略过”等。

skate也可用作名词,意思是“溜冰鞋”。例如:He bought a pair of skates yesterday.昨天他买了一双溜冰鞋。