- skiff
[skiff 词源字典]
- skiff: see ship
[skiff etymology, skiff origin, 英语词源] - skiff (n.)
- "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.