shirk

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. avoid (one's assigned duties) (Freq. 2)
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
• Syn:
fiddle, shrink from, goldbrick
• Derivationally related forms:
goldbricking (for: goldbrick), shirker, shirking
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Hyponyms:
scrimshank, malinger, skulk, slack
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s (for: goldbrick)
2. avoid dealing with
- She shirks her duties
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fiddle, shrink from, goldbrick