| 单词 | skim |
| 释义 | skim (skɪm ) Word forms: skims , skimming , skimmed 1. verb If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it. Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface. [V n + off/from] Skim off the fat. [V n with off] Synonyms: remove, separate, cream, take off 2. verb If something skims a surface, it moves quickly along just above it. ...seagulls skimming the waves. [VERB noun] The little boat was skimming across the sunlit surface of the bay. [V + over/across] Synonyms: glide, fly, coast, plane 3. verb If you skim a piece of writing, you read through it quickly. He skimmed the pages quickly, then read them again more carefully. [VERB noun] I only had time to skim through the script before I flew over here. [VERB + through] Synonyms: scan, glance, run your eye over, thumb or leaf through Phrasal verbs: skim off phrasal verb If someone skims off the best part of something, or money which belongs to other people, they take it for themselves. He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] Rich football clubs just cannot simply skim off all the big stars. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If I read this right, he skimmed off about thirty million. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Collocations: skim the surface The new records show that his earlier musings merely skimmed the surface and that he had been relatively discreet in his memoirs. Times, Sunday Times (2011) You should be just like a stone skimming the surface. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The culture on offer is so rich that you can end up just skimming the surface. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The pilots skimmed the surface at 400 feet. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Due to the rough and uneven surface of the stone, a traditional mop/steam cleaner only skims the top, leaving the nooks and crannies untouched. Times,Sunday Times Five minutes from the end he skimmed the top of the net with another long-range screamer. The Sun Most alteration tailors today will advise you to have the hem skimming the top of your shoe rather than smothering it. Times, Sunday Times His long-range effort in the second half skimmed the top of the net. Times,Sunday Times Having skimmed the top of the fountain, he descended to the lake where he managed to grab somebody's water ski equipment and continued skiing himself. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 撇去 液体表面的浮物 Japanese: 取り除く |
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