"small boat," 1570s, from French esquif (1540s), from Italian schifo "little boat," from a Germanic source (such as Old High German scif "boat;" see ship (n.)). Originally the small boat of a ship.
例文
1. Huck，I 'll take you right to it in a skiff .
ハーク、私はすぐにあなたをボートに連れて行きます.
2. " Pedrico is looking after the skiff and the gear.
「ペデリコはボートや魚を捕る家の番をしている.
-老人と海
3.Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
トム?ソーヤとサッチャー判事は同じボートに同乗した。
4. " He is two feet longer than the skiff . 「the old man said.
「このボートよりも2フィート長い」と老人は言った。A small bird came toward the skiff from the north.