skid

n

1. C 打滑；侧滑

• The car ran out of control and went into a skid. 汽车失去了控制，向一侧滑行了一段距离。

2. C 【空】 (飞机的)起落橇，滑橇

3. 常作复 制轮器，刹车

on the skids 非正式

1. 待发出的；待抛出的

2. 注定要失败；将结束

• put sb. on the skids 使某人倒霉

3. 衰落，走下坡路

• Is modern technology on the skids? 现代技术在衰落吗？

put on the skid 俚 说话小心；谨慎行事 put the skids under (或on) 非正式

1. 催促（某人）

• You'd better put the skids under the child or he'll be late. 你最好催孩子快一点，不然他要迟到了。

2. 使（某人或某事)失败；使走向垮台(或堕落等)

• Drugs put the skids under him. 毒品使他开始堕落。