Skim

[skɪm]

解释:

(noun.) reading or glancing through quickly.

(noun.) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; 'there was a thin skim of oil on the water'.

(verb.) read superficially.

(verb.) remove from the surface; 'skim cream from the surface of milk'.

(verb.) coat (a liquid) with a layer.

(verb.) cause to skip over a surface; 'Skip a stone across the pond'.

(adj.) used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; 'yogurt made with skim milk'; 'she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter' .

约翰娜编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.

(v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.

(v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

(v. t.) Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.

(v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

(v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.

(v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

(a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

伊莱恩整理

同义词及近义词:

v. n. Pass lightly or superficially.

丹尼斯校对

同义词及反义词:

SYN:Brush, glide, graze, touch

ANT:Enter, penetrate

黛安娜校对

解释:

v.t. to clear off scum: to take off by skimming: to brush the surface of lightly.—v.i. to pass over lightly: to glide along near the surface: to become coated over:—pr.p. skim′ming; pa.t. and pa.p. skimmed.—n. the act of skimming: what is skimmed off.—ns. Skim′mer a utensil for skimming milk: a bird that skims the water; Skim′-milk skimmed milk: milk from which the cream has been skimmed; Skim′ming the act of taking off that which floats on the surface of a liquid as cream: that which is taken off scum.—adv. Skim′mingly by skimming along the surface.

霍雷肖整理

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加德纳整理

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