English Dictionary

skiff

/skɪf/

noun

A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc. / A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).

I saw a skiff floating on the lake.

意味（1）

A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.

A little on again, off again, skiff of rain made the road slippery in spots.

意味（2）

A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).

At sunrise there was a slight skiff of ice on some water in a bucket; […]