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skim

verb
/skɪm/
/skɪm/
Verb Forms
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/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [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。
  2. [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。
    see also skip
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • barely
    • only
    • low
    preposition
    • across
    • over
    phrases
    • skim the surface
    See full entry
  3. [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。
  4. [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。
  5. [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%。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  6. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘remove scum from (a liquid)’): back-formation from skimmer, or from Old French escumer, from escume ‘scum, foam’.

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