/skɪd; skɪd/
n
1 sideways movement made eg by a car slipping on ice or turning a corner too fast 滑向一侧, 打滑（如车在结冰路上或急转弯时的）
*try to get out of/correct a skid 设法纠正打滑现象.
2 log, plank, etc used to make a track over which heavy objects may be dragged or rolled 滑道, 滚道, 滑轨（使重物易于在上面拉或滚动）.
3 piece of wood or metal that acts as a brake on the wheel of a cart, etc 制轮器; 刹车.
4 (idm 习语) put the skids under sb/sth (sl 俚)
(a) cause sb/sth to fail 使某人[某事]失败
*The government put the skids under the plan by stopping their research grant. 政府停发研究经费让他们的计画半途而废.
(b) make sb hurry 催促某人.

v (-dd-) [I, Ipr, Ip] (of a car, etc) move or slip sideways （指汽车等）滑向一侧, 打滑
*The car skidded on the ice. 汽车在冰上打滑了.
* The bus skidded (on) into a wall. 公共汽车打滑撞到墙上.