English Dictionary

skive

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈskaɪv/

名詞

イギリス英語 くだけた表現

(Britain, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty. / (Britain, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.

日本語の意味

仕事や授業をサボる行為、怠ける行動 / （英国の俗語で）極めて簡単な状況で、怠けても罰せられない状態

The night-watch position at the empty warehouse was a total skive; he could read and nap without anyone checking.

その空の倉庫での夜間見張りの仕事はまさにぬるま湯で、誰もチェックに来ないので彼は本を読んだり昼寝をしたりしていた。

意味（1）

(Britain, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.

Mr Smith's history classes are a total skive.

意味（2）

(Britain, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.

I got the bus to school, and the driver gave me the eye, thinking I was on the skive, and I started to explain that there was something up with my head, but then I couldn't be bothered.

skives （ plural ）