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Scum Skim French German Meaning Surface 8673.Skim 英

正面 8673.skim
英 [skɪm]美 [skɪm]

背面
释义:
vt. 略读;撇去…的浮物;从…表面飞掠而过;去除;(为逃税而)隐瞒(部分收入)vi. 浏览;掠过n. 撇;撇去的东西;表层物;瞒报所得的收入adj. 脱脂的;撇去浮沫的;表层的
例句:
1. Skim off the fat.将油脂撇去。

1. skim <====> scum.2. sky "cover" => scum.3. scum is etymologically a 'layer on top' of something.

skimskim: see scumskim (v.)early 15c. (skimmer, the utensil, is attested from late 14c.), "to clear (a liquid) from matter floating on the surface, lift the scum from," from Old French escumer "remove scum," from escume (Modern French écume) "scum," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German scum "scum," German Schaum; see scum). Meaning "to throw (a stone) so as to skip across the surface of (water) is from 1610s. Meaning "to move lightly and rapidly over the surface of" is from 1650s, from the motion involved in skimming liquid; that of "to glance over carelessly" (in reference to printed matter) recorded by 1799. Related: Skimmed; skimming."

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