skim

noun

1. reading or glancing through quickly

Synonym: skimming

2. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

e.g. there was a thin skim of oil on the water

verb

1. read superficially

Synonym: skim over

2. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

Synonym: skim over

3. remove from the surface

e.g. skim cream from the surface of milk

Synonym: skim offcream offcream

4. coat (a liquid) with a layer

5. cause to skip over a surface

e.g. Skip a stone across the pond

Synonym: skipskitter

6. travel on the surface of water

Synonym: plane

7. examine hastily

e.g. She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi

Synonym: scanrakeglance overrun down

adj

1. used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

e.g. yogurt made with skim milk
she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter

Synonym: skimmed

1. 撇去(液体上的漂浮物)
If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it.

e.g. Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface...
今天海面上风浪很大，那些配有专门设备的船只无法展开清除海面浮油的工作。
e.g. Skim off the fat.
将油脂撇去。

2. 掠过;擦过;滑过
If something skims a surface, it moves quickly along just above it.

skim什么意思

e.g. ...seagulls skimming the waves...
掠过浪尖的海鸥
e.g. The little boat was skimming across the sunlit surface of the bay.
一叶小舟正轻轻掠过阳光下的海湾。

3. 略读;浏览
If you skim a piece of writing, you read through it quickly.

e.g. He skimmed the pages quickly, then read them again more carefully...
他先快速地浏览页面，然后再细细阅读。
e.g. I only had time to skim through the script before I flew over here.
在坐飞机来这儿之前，我只来得及将手稿匆匆浏览了一遍。

相关词组：skim off

1. 浏览：一读:跳读,(skip)找生单词,扫除阅读障碍;二读:跟读,(follow)进一步熟悉材料;三读:快速浏览,(skim)找出人物线索,为完成人物的生日表铺路,设问①How many people are there in John's family?

2. 跳读：并且通过审读(scan)、跳读(skim)技能,快速搜集所需特定信息. 良好的问题情境设置. 良好的情境问题有助于使学习材料的意义充分地发挥出来,激发学生积极主动地使新旧知识发生相互作用,产生有机联系的心向,从而使新知识获得实际意义,

3. 掠过：shun#避开 | skim#掠过 | skulk#藏匿;潜行