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skim v.撇去；掠过；浏览 Cream is what you skim off the surface of milk, and if you don't like the whipped version, you might skim it from your hot chocolate. Another way to use the word skim is to mean "read quickly," like when you skim the newspaper, catching just the headlines as you search for the comics section. Skim has an Old French root, escumer, "remove scum," from escume, "scum." The "glance through a book" meaning came later, in the late 1700’s. ★☆☆☆☆ 2015.5

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[skim] To skim is to remove something from the surface of a liquid. Some cooks skim the fat off of the top of their chicken noodle soup, others skim the cream off milk to make skim (or skimmed) milk. Skimming it for information? Ways of reading on a train or in bed are likely to differ considerably from reading in a seminar room. 1[VERB 动词]撇去(液体上的漂浮物) If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it.   [V n off/from n]  [V n with off]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。Skim off the fat.将油脂撇去。2[VERB 动词]掠过；擦过；滑过 If something skims a surface, it moves quickly along just above it.   [V n]  [V over/across n]...seagulls skimming the waves...掠过浪尖的海鸥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。3[VERB 动词]略读；浏览 If you skim a piece of writing, you read through it quickly.   [V n]  [V through n]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。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。相关词组：skim off

英语单词	skim
英美音标	[skim]
中文释义	v.撇去；掠过；浏览
vocab简明	To skim is to remove something from the surface of a liquid. Some cooks skim the fat off of the top of their chicken noodle soup, others skim the cream off milk to make skim (or skimmed) milk.
vocab扩展	Cream is what you skim off the surface of milk, and if you don't like the whipped version, you might skim it from your hot chocolate. Another way to use the word skim is to mean "read quickly," like when you skim the newspaper, catching just the headlines as you search for the comics section. Skim has an Old French root, escumer, "remove scum," from escume, "scum." The "glance through a book" meaning came later, in the late 1700’s.
真题原句	Skimming it for information? Ways of reading on a train or in bed are likely to differ considerably from reading in a seminar room.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]撇去(液体上的漂浮物) If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it. [V n off/from n] [V n with off] 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。 Skim off the fat. 将油脂撇去。 2 [VERB 动词]掠过；擦过；滑过 If something skims a surface, it moves quickly along just above it. [V n] [V over/across n] ...seagulls skimming the waves... 掠过浪尖的海鸥 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。 3 [VERB 动词]略读；浏览 If you skim a piece of writing, you read through it quickly. [V n] [V through n] 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。 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。相关词组： skim off
来源	2015.5

Skim [V N Surface Verb 动词 Ming Remove