"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.
实用例句
1. Almost everybody'skids skive off school.
几乎每个人的孩子都逃学。来自柯林斯例句
2. I can skive off for a few hours.
我可以提前几个小时溜出来.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. I decided to skive off school and tell my mum I had a bad headache.
我决定不去上学,告诉妈妈我的头很疼.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. We have to do something to fill the hours, so what we do is cyber - skive.
