ice-skate

ice-skate — 名詞

IPA/ˈaɪs skeɪt/
IPA/ˈaɪs skeɪt/

1. a boot fitted with a narrow strip of metal along the bottom, so the wearer can g

1.名詞B1
釋義

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

例句

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

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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

I bought an ice-skate yesterday.
I bought a pair of ice skates yesterday.
💡skates come and are worn in pairs; the singular is unusual outside technical contexts.
The ice-skate is on the floor.
The ice skates are on the floor.
💡use the plural even when one item is visible, because the noun is treated as a paired object.

ice-skate — 動詞

IPA/ˈaɪs.skeɪt/
IPA/ˈaɪs.skeɪt/