Skim

[skɪm]

解釋/意思:

(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' .

约翰娜編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Pass lightly or superficially.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Brush, glide, graze, touch

ANT:Enter, penetrate

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解釋/意思:

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.

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