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A skit is a short, funny performance — often only a few minutes. People act a little scene to make others laugh: two students pretending to be lost tourists, a comic argument in a shop, a tiny play with a silly ending. You meet skits at school talent shows, in comedy programmes, and in variety shows.
A skit短劇 is是 a short, funny performance一段簡短、好笑的表演 — often only a few minutes通常只有幾分鐘。People大家 act a little scene演一小段場景 to make others laugh為了逗別人笑: two students pretending to be lost tourists兩個學生假裝是迷路的觀光客, a comic argument in a shop店裡的一場滑稽爭吵, a tiny play with a silly ending結局很蠢的一齣小短劇。You你 meet skits會遇到短劇 at school talent shows在學校才藝表演, in comedy programmes在喜劇節目裡, and in variety shows以及綜藝節目裡。
Though actually, a skit can also be a short funny piece of writing, not acted at all — a little script on the page. It is a light, informal word. Nobody uses it for a serious full-length play or a whole film.
Though actually不過其實, a skit短劇 can also be也可以是 a short funny piece of writing一段好笑的短文, not acted at all完全不用演出來 — a little script on the page就是紙上的一小段劇本。It它 is是 a light, informal word一個輕鬆、非正式的字。Nobody沒有人 uses it for a serious full-length play or a whole film會用這個字來指嚴肅的長篇戲劇或整部電影。
Teachers like skits because students can speak English without having to write a long story. An older, rarer use was “a sharp teasing remark,” but almost always meet the “short funny scene” meaning.
Teachers老師們 like skits喜歡短劇 because因為 students學生 can speak English可以說英文, without having to write a long story不必寫一篇長長的故事。An older, rarer use較早、較少見的用法 was是 "a sharp teasing remark,"「一句尖銳的嘲弄話」, but但是 learners學習者 almost always meet幾乎都只會遇到 the "short funny scene" meaning「好笑短場景」這個意思。
組成Origin uncertain. It may come from Old Norse skjúta, “to shoot, dart, move quickly.” Another idea is that it was cut back from skittish. Nobody is sure.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
skitnoun
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A short comic performance done by amateurs.
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A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
- That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
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obsoleteA wanton girl; a wench.
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
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A short, sharp shower (of rain).
- ... there come on a 'skit' of rain, and I made for one of his barns for shelter.
- Suddenly there came a little volley of sharp drops - not of the liquid he desired - dashed into the trumpeter's red face , and against the back of the parson's hat - the first skit of rain, that seemed rather to rise as if from a blow-pipe, than fall from the clouds.
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Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour.
- The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs.
- […] quality in the seeds which he cannot account for, that of killing lambs at about ten days old; they die of the skit, or scouring; and it is particularly experienced in new inclosures; […]
skitverb
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To make fun of.
- "If they wor all their lives goin' to chapel they cudn't have behaved thimsilves betther nor they did." "Ay, Paddy, mavourneen; I'll be bail they didn't skit and laugh the way some people would be doin'." "Laugh! not thimsilves, indeed."
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regionalTo caper; to skip or run lightly and quickly.
- Yet soon's she hears me mention Muirland Willie, / She skits an' flings like ony towmont filly- […]
- The big man stood across, as if to hide the cart; but the man behind the horse skitted back into a bush, very nimble and clever, but not quite smart enough.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。