ski: [19] A ski is etymologically a piece of wood ‘split’ from a tree trunk. The word was borrowed from Norwegian ski, a descendant of Old Norse skíth ‘piece of split wood, ski’. This in turn came from the prehistoric Germanic base *skīth-, *skaith- ‘divide, split’, source also of English sheath, shed, etc. The Norwegian word is pronounced /she/, and that is the way in which it was once often said (and indeed sometimes spelled) in English. (Old Norse skíth may also lie behind English skid [17], which originally meant ‘block of wood used as a support’, hence ‘wooden chock for stopping a wheel’.
The modern sense only emerged in the 19th century, from the notion of a wheel slipping when it is prevented from revolving.) => sheath, shed, skid
ski (n.)
1883 (there is an isolated instance from 1755; in early use often spelled skee), from Norwegian ski, related to Old Norse skið "long snowshoe," literally "stick of wood, firewood," cognate with Old English scid "stick of wood," obsolete English shide "piece of wood split off from timber;" Old High German skit, German Scheit "log," from Proto-Germanic *skid- "to divide, split," from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Ski-jumper is from 1894; ski bum first attested 1960; ski-mask is from 1963; noted as part of criminal disguises from 1968.
ski (v.)
1885, from ski (n.). Related: Skied; skiing.
双语例句
1. Snow Puppies is a ski school for 3 to 6-year-olds.
“雪狗之家”是一所针对3至6岁儿童的滑雪学校。
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2. She ran off with an intellectually challenged ski instructor.
她和一个脑筋不太好使的滑雪教练私奔了。
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3. There are countless small ski areas dotted about the province.
该省内遍布着许多小型滑雪场。
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4. The ski school coaches beginners, intermediates, and advanced skiers.
滑雪学校训练指导初学者及中级与高级滑雪者。
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5. I clacked one ski against the other and almost tripped.
