skim

英 [skɪm]

美 [skɪm]

v.  撇去(液体上的油脂或乳脂等); (使)掠过，擦过，滑过; 浏览; 略读

现在分词：skimming　过去式：skimmed　过去分词：skimmed　第三人称单数：skims　复数：skims　

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同义词辨析

scanbrowseskim【导航词义：浏览】

短语动词

短语用例

skim sth/sb↔off

• 攫取（最好的部分）；捞取（精华部分）
  to take for yourself the best part of sth, often in an unfair way
  1. Skim the scum off the jam and let it cool.
     撇去果酱上的浮沫，让它冷却。
  2. Skim the jam and let it cool.
     撇去果酱上的浮沫，让它冷却。

牛津词典

verb

• 撇去（液体上的油脂或乳脂等）
  to remove fat, cream, etc. from the surface of a liquid
  1. Skim the scum off the jam and let it cool.
     撇去果酱上的浮沫，让它冷却。
  2. Skim the jam and let it cool.
     撇去果酱上的浮沫，让它冷却。
• （使）掠过，擦过，滑过
  to move quickly and lightly over a surface, not touching it or only touching it occasionally; to make sth do this
  1. We watched the birds skimming over the lake.
     我们看着鸟儿贴着湖面飞过。
  2. The speedboat took off, skimming the waves.
     快艇擦着波浪飞驰而去。
  3. This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject.
     报告对这个问题谈得很肤浅。
  4. Small boys were skimming stones across the water.
     几个小男孩用石块打水漂。
• 浏览；略读
  to read sth quickly in order to find a particular point or the main points
  1. He skimmed through the article trying to find his name.
     他浏览文章寻找自己的名字。
  2. I always skim the financial section of the newspaper.
     我总要浏览一下报纸上的财经版。
• 惯偷（小数额的钱）
  to steal small amounts of money frequently over a period of time
• 盗用（信用卡电子信息）
  to illegally copy electronic information from a credit card in order to use it without the owner's permission

柯林斯词典

• VERB 撇去(液体上的漂浮物)
  If youskimsomethingfromthe surface of a liquid, you remove it.
  1. Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface...
     今天海面上风浪很大，那些配有专门设备的船只无法展开清除海面浮油的工作。
  2. Skim off the fat.
     将油脂撇去。
• VERB 掠过;擦过;滑过
  If somethingskimsa surface, it moves quickly along just above it.
  1. ...seagulls skimming the waves...
     掠过浪尖的海鸥
  2. The little boat was skimming across the sunlit surface of the bay.
     一叶小舟正轻轻掠过阳光下的海湾。
• VERB 略读;浏览
  If youskima piece of writing, you read through it quickly.
  1. He skimmed the pages quickly, then read them again more carefully...
     他先快速地浏览页面，然后再细细阅读。
  2. I only had time to skim through the script before I flew over here.
     在坐飞机来这儿之前，我只来得及将手稿匆匆浏览了一遍。

英英释义

noun

• reading or glancing through quickly
  Synonym:skimming
• a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
  1. there was a thin skim of oil on the water

verb

• read superficially
  Synonym:skim over
• move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
  Synonym:skim over
• remove from the surface
  1. skim cream from the surface of milk
  Synonym:skim offcream offcream
• coat (a liquid) with a layer
• cause to skip over a surface
  1. Skip a stone across the pond
  Synonym:skipskitter
• travel on the surface of water
  Synonym:plane
• examine hastily
  1. She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
  Synonym:scanrakeglance overrun down

adj

• used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
  1. yogurt made with skim milk
  2. she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter
  Synonym:skimmed

双语例句

• I got skim and whole in here.
  这里有脱脂的和全脂的。
• Rich Italian clubs such as AC Milan cannot simply skim off all of Europe's stars
  像AC米兰这样财大气粗的意大利足球俱乐部也不可能把欧洲所有的明星球员统统招到自己门下。
• They'll probably just skim it and miss important details or skip it altogether.
  他们很可能只是略读并错过重要细节或者完全跳过它。
• Would you skim through the report and check for spelling mistakes?
  你浏览一下这份报告并检查一下拼写错误。
• I'm afraid I've only had time to skim through the article.
  恐怕我只有浏览一遍这篇文章的时间了。
• Skim off the fat.
  将油脂撇去。
• He skimmed the pages quickly, then read them again more carefully
  他先快速地浏览页面，然后再细细阅读。
• Skim subheads, photo captions and any available summaries.
  略读副标题、照片说明和所提供的概要。
• If you are already familiar with Purify, you can skip or skim that article.
  如果您已经对Purify十分熟悉，您可以跳过或者略过那篇文章。
• Do not read the report word for word now, just skim it.
  现在，不要逐字读告，大致地看一下就可以了。