skim

[skim]

vt.撇去, 略读, 掠过, 滑过
vi.掠过, 表面凝结, <俚>瞒报
n.浮沫,略读,脱脂物
adj.撇去浮沫的,由脱脂乳做的

vt.

1. 撇去……表面的浮物

She skimmed the soup to remove most of the fat.

她撇去了汤上的大部分浮油。

2. 撇去, 去除[(+off/away)]

I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.

我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。

3. 从……中取得精华; 提取[(+off)]

Does private education skim off all the best students from the state system?

私立学校是不是会把公立学校最好的学生都挖走?

4. 在……表面凝结

The lake was skimmed with ice.

湖面上结了一层冰。

5. 使掠过; 掠过

The bird skimmed the water.

鸟儿掠过水面。

6. 浏览, 略读

Since he had no time to read the book in detail, he just skimmed it.

由于他没有时间细读那本书, 所以他只把它浏览了一遍。

7. (为了逃税而)瞒报(赌博获利, 部分收入等)

vi.

1. 飞快地掠过(或滑过)[(+over)]

Gulls skimmed over the waves.

海鸥掠过波浪。

2. 浏览, 略读[(+through/over)]

He skimmed through the newspapers over breakfast.

他吃早饭时浏览了报纸。

3. 表面凝结起来

During the cold night, the puddles skimmed over.

夜间寒冷, 水洼面上结了冰。

4. (为了逃税而)瞒报

n.

1. 撇; 撇去的东西[U]

2. 表面层[S][(+of)]

A skim of ice formed in the ruts.

车辙里结了一层薄冰。

3. 掠过[C]

4. 脱脂牛奶[U]

5. 瞒报所得的收入

词形变化

动词过去式: skimmed | 动词过去分词: skimmed | 动词现在分词: skimming | 动词第三人称单数: skims |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.掠过; 滑行

glide  coast  sail  slide  brush  

同义参见:

graze  glance  touch  fly  scrape  read  sweep  

英英释义

名词 skim:

a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

reading or glancing through quickly

同义词：skimming

动词 skim:

travel on the surface of water

同义词：plane

move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

同义词：skim over

examine hastily

同义词：scan, rake, glance over, run down

cause to skip over a surface

同义词：skip, skitter

coat (a liquid) with a layer

remove from the surface

同义词：skim off, cream off, cream

read superficially

同义词：skim over

形容词 skim:

used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

同义词：skimmed

补充

skimskim英:[skim] 美:[skɪm]vt.1.撇去She skimmed the milk of its cream.她撇去牛奶上的奶油。vt. & vi.1.掠过, 轻轻擦过The swallows skimmed the water.燕子掠过水面。The little bird skimmed over the waves looking for food.那只小鸟掠过波浪寻找食物。2.略读, 浏览It's important for you to skim through the text.浏览课文对你来说很重要。

例句

1. Fish passed beneath him, skimming the sandy bottom of the sea.鱼儿轻轻掠过海底细沙, 从他下方游过。 2. to skim the porridge撇去粥上的浮泡 3. The sailboat skimmed the water.帆船掠过水面。 4. to skim a stone across the lake把一片石块飞掠过湖面 5. Ice skimmed the lake at night.晚间湖面上结了一层薄冰。 6. to skim the dust from the table从桌子上擦去灰尘 7. to skim a book浏览一本书 8. to skim over从…的表面一擦而过 9. to skim over a magazine翻阅一本杂志 10. to skim on the milk奶面上结了一层乳皮 11. as the scum rises, skim it off.浮渣上浮时，将它撇去。 12. bring to the boil, then skim it to remove any foam.拿去煮，然后撇去泡沫。 13. she was skimming money from the household kitty.她在挪用家里凑集的钱。 14. he let his fingers skim across her shoulders.他任其手指掠过她的双肩。 15. we stood on the bridge, watching swallows skimming the water.我们站在桥上，看着燕子掠过水面。 16. he sat down and skimmed the report.他坐下来浏览报告。 17. [no obj.]she skimmed through the newspaper.她浏览报纸。 18. a skim of ice.冰层。 19. a quick skim through the pamphlet.对小册子的快速浏览。 20. to skim the cream off the milk撇去牛奶表层的油脂 21. The plane flew very low, skimming the tops of the buildings.飞机飞得很低，在建筑物的顶部掠过。 22. I usually just skim through the newspaper in the morning.我早上通常只翻阅一下报纸。 23. I skimmed the fat from the broth. = I skimmed the broth to remove the fat.我撇去了肉汤上面的油。 24. He skimmed the leaves from the pool.他捞起了水池里的树叶。 25. The cream is skimmed from the milk.奶油是从牛奶中撇取而成的。 26. The milk is skimmed before it is bottled.牛奶在装瓶之前经过了脱脂加工。 27. She only skimmed the reading assignment.她只是把阅读作业粗略读了一遍。 28. She only skimmed through/over the reading assignment.她只是把阅读作业粗略读了一遍。 29. He is really good at skimming [=(US) skipping] stones.他很擅长用石块打水漂。 30. The ducks skimmed across/over the water before landing.几只鸭子贴着水面飞过，然后落了下来。 31. The ducks skimmed the surface of the pond before landing.几只鸭子贴着池塘的水面飞过，然后落了下来。 32. He skimmed off some of the profits.他从利润中提取了一部分给自己。