ice-skate
ice-skate — 名詞
1. a boot fitted with a narrow strip of metal along the bottom, so the wearer can g
冰鞋;溜冰鞋
底部裝有金屬刀的滑冰專用鞋
a boot fitted with a narrow strip of metal along the bottom, so the wearer can glide quickly across a frozen surface
Meera laced up her white ice skates at the edge of the frozen pond.
Meera 在結冰池塘邊繫好她那雙白色冰鞋的鞋帶。
countable: a pair of ice skates
Takeshi sharpened his ice skates the night before the school competition.
Takeshi 在學校比賽的前一晚把他的冰鞋磨利。
collocation: sharpen ice skates
A pair of black ice skates hung from a hook in the wooden hut by the rink.
一雙黑色的冰鞋掛在溜冰場旁邊木屋的掛鉤上。
Beatriz borrowed her cousin's old ice skates because the rental shop had run out.
Beatriz 跟她表姊借了一雙舊冰鞋,因為出租店已經沒貨了。
The coach told Chidi that his ice skates were one size too big for safe turns.
教練告訴 Chidi,他的冰鞋大了一號,轉彎時不夠安全。
- skates
shorter informal form; understood as ice skates from context
- figure skates
specific type with a toe pick at the front, used for figure skating
- hockey skates
specific type with a rounded blade and no toe pick, used for ice hockey
- roller skates
wheeled footwear for hard surfaces, not ice
- inline skates
wheels arranged in a single line; also for hard ground, not ice
文法句型
a pair of ice skates
用法筆記
Almost always plural in everyday use — a single skate is rarely referenced on its own; speakers say 'a pair of ice skates' or just 'her ice skates'.
常見錯誤
ice-skate — 動詞
- ice-skatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- ice-skates3rd person singular
- ice-skating-ing form
- ice-skatedpast simple
1. to travel along a frozen surface by wearing boots with thin metal blades and pus
溜冰;滑冰
穿冰鞋在結冰表面上滑行
to travel along a frozen surface by wearing boots with thin metal blades and pushing forward with the feet
Élise loves to ice-skate on the lake near her grandmother's village every winter.
Élise 喜歡每年冬天在她外婆村子附近的湖上溜冰。
ice-skate + on + location
Daniel learned how to ice-skate when his family moved to Montreal.
Daniel 在家人搬到蒙特婁之後學會了溜冰。
learn how to ice-skate
Camila and her two brothers ice-skated for three hours at the outdoor rink in the city square.
Camila 和她的兩個弟弟在市中心廣場的戶外溜冰場滑了三個小時的冰。
Defne fell twice while trying to ice-skate backwards for the first time.
Defne 第一次嘗試倒著溜冰,結果摔了兩次。
Eitan promised the children they could ice-skate after the snow stopped falling.
Eitan 答應孩子們等雪停了之後就可以去溜冰。
- skate
shorter form; in winter contexts it usually implies skating on ice
- figure-skate
specifically refers to the artistic style with jumps and spins
- roller-skate
to travel on wheels over a hard surface rather than on ice
文法句型
ice-skate + on/at + location
go ice-skating
用法筆記
Often appears as the gerund 'ice-skating' in fixed phrases such as 'go ice-skating' or 'enjoy ice-skating'; the bare verb form is more common in instructions and reports of single events.