skim
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they skim | |
| he / she / it skims | |
| past simple skimmed | |
| past participle skimmed | |
| -ing form skimming |
- [transitive]
to remove fat, cream, etc. from the surface of a liquid 撇去（液体上的油脂或乳脂等） - [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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- only
- low
- …
- across
- over
- skim the surface
- skim along/over, etc. something
- [intransitive, transitive]
to read something quickly in order to find a particular point or the main points 浏览；略读 - [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。
- [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%。
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘remove scum from (a liquid)’): back-formation from skimmer, or from Old French escumer, from escume ‘scum, foam’.