skirt² also 又作 skirt aroundv [T] 1 to go around the outside edge of a place 沿着…的边缘走，绕过: The train skirted around the lake. 火车绕湖而行。 2 to avoid talking directly about a problem, subject etc 回避〔问题、话题等〕，避开: We cannot skirt around the issues of poverty and inequality. 我们不能回避贫困和不平等的问题。