skim
verb /skɪm/
/skɪm/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they skim | /skɪm/ /skɪm/ |
| he / she / it skims | /skɪmz/ /skɪmz/ |
| past simple skimmed | /skɪmd/ /skɪmd/ |
| past participle skimmed | /skɪmd/ /skɪmd/ |
| -ing form skimming | /ˈskɪmɪŋ/ /ˈskɪmɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to remove fat, cream, etc. from the surface of a liquid
撇去（液体上的油脂或乳脂等） - skim something off/from something Skim the scum off the jam and let it cool.
撇去果酱上的浮沫，让它冷却。 - skim something Skim the jam and let it cool.
撇去果酱上的浮沫，让它冷却。
- skim something off/from something Skim the scum off the jam and let it cool.
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to move quickly and lightly over a surface, not touching it or only touching it occasionally; to make something do this
（使）掠过，擦过，滑过 - skim along/over, etc. something We watched the birds skimming over the lake.
我们看着鸟儿贴着湖面飞过。 - We skimmed across the water in a small sailing boat.
我们乘着小帆船掠过水面。 - (figurative) His eyes skimmed over her face.
他的目光掠过她的脸庞。 - skim something The speedboat took off, skimming the waves.
快艇擦着波浪飞驰而去。 - (figurative) This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject.
报告对这个问题谈得很肤浅。 - skim something across, over, etc. something (British English) Small boys were skimming stones across the water.
几个小男孩用石块打水漂。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- only
- low
- …
- across
- over
- skim the surface
- skim along/over, etc. something We watched the birds skimming over the lake.
- [intransitive, transitive] to read something quickly in order to find a particular point or the main points
浏览；略读 - skim through/over something He skimmed through the article trying to find his name.
他浏览文章寻找自己的名字。 - skim something I always skim the financial section of the newspaper.
我总要浏览一下报纸上的财经版。 - I skimmed the list until I found my name.
我浏览了一下名单，直到找到我的名字。
- skim through/over something He skimmed through the article trying to find his name.
- [transitive] skim something (from something) (informal) to steal small amounts of money frequently over a period of time
惯偷（小数额的钱） - She’d been skimming money from the store’s accounts for years.
她多年来一直从商店的账上一点一点地窃取金钱。
- She’d been skimming money from the store’s accounts for years.
- [intransitive, transitive] skim (something) to illegally copy electronic information from a credit card in order to use it without the owner’s permission
盗用（信用卡电子信息） - It is estimated that skimming now accounts for almost 50% of credit card fraud.
据估计，现在信用卡诈骗中，略读占到了将近50%。
- It is estimated that skimming now accounts for almost 50% of credit card fraud.
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘remove scum from (a liquid)’): back-formation from skimmer, or from Old French escumer, from escume ‘scum, foam’.