skim

• vt. 略读；撇去…的浮物；从…表面飞掠而过；去除；（为逃税而）隐瞒（部分收入）
• vi. 浏览；掠过
• n. 撇；撇去的东西；表层物；瞒报所得的收入
• adj. 脱脂的；撇去浮沫的；表层的

1. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid;

"there was a thin skim of oil on the water"

2. reading or glancing through quickly

skim

skim: see scum

skim (v.)

early 15c. (skimmer, the utensil, is attested from late 14c.), "to clear (a liquid) from matter floating on the surface, lift the scum from," from Old French escumer "remove scum," from escume (Modern French écume) "scum," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German scum "scum," German Schaum; see scum). Meaning "to throw (a stone) so as to skip across the surface of (water) is from 1610s. Meaning "to move lightly and rapidly over the surface of" is from 1650s, from the motion involved in skimming liquid; that of "to glance over carelessly" (in reference to printed matter) recorded by 1799. Related: Skimmed; skimming.

read, devour, scan, skim

这些动词均有"读，阅读"之意。

read： 最普通用词，含义广泛。既指朗读又可指默读。

devour： 指贪婪地读，暗含对某些作者或作品迷恋之义。

scan： 指快速扫视文章等以抓住其要旨。

skim： 指略读或浏览。

Are we studying that text and trying to respond in a way that fulfils the requirement of a given course? Reading it simply for pleasure? Skimming it for information? Ways of reading on a train or in bed are likely to differ considerably from reading in a seminar room.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

Skim the scum off the jam and let it cool.

撇去果酱上的浮沫，让它冷却。

牛津词典

Skim the jam and let it cool.

撇去果酱上的浮沫，让它冷却。

牛津词典

We watched the birds skimming over the lake.

我们看着鸟儿贴着湖面飞过。

牛津词典

The speedboat took off, skimming the waves.

快艇擦着波浪飞驰而去。

牛津词典

(figurative)This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject.

报告对这个问题谈得很肤浅。

牛津词典

(British English)Small boys were skimming stones across the water.

几个小男孩用石块打水漂。

牛津词典

He skimmed through the article trying to find his name.

他浏览文章寻找自己的名字。

牛津词典

I always skim the financial section of the newspaper.

我总要浏览一下报纸上的财经版。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Skim off the fat.

将油脂撇去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...seagulls skimming the waves...

掠过浪尖的海鸥

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I only skim the headlines of the newspaper every morning.

每天早上我只是浏览一下报纸的大标题.

期刊摘选

On summer evenings, dragonflies are seen skim over the river.

夏天傍晚时分, 蜻蜓在河面上飞来飞去.

期刊摘选

Does private education skim off all the best students from the state system?

私立学校是不是会把公立学校最好的学生都挖走?

辞典例句

You're required to manoeuvre straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point.

你们必须低飞到这个狭沟,然后沿着狭沟而行,直到这一点.

期刊摘选

So I began to skim the remaining chapters, and noticed that they weren't much help either.

所以,我开始放弃其余的章节, 并注意到他们没有多少帮助的.

期刊摘选

Overall, emulsified meatballs made of skim milk had good acceptance before and after simmered.

总体而言,不论慢煮前或后, 以脱脂奶粉制造之低脂贡丸接受性皆较高.

期刊摘选

When I start to read a book, I always skim over the contents first.

我开始看一本书的时候总是先浏览一下目录.

期刊摘选

Skim and review before class starts Review is one of your best weapons against challenging exams.

课前温习预习、复习是应对考试的最佳武器.

期刊摘选

It took me an hour to skim the book.

我费了一个小时把这本书草草地读了一遍.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I first skim an English passage ( read over passage quickly ) then go back and read carefully.

我会先略读英语的文章 ( 很快地把文章看过一遍 ),然后再回来细看.

期刊摘选

People who read blogs skim.

读者经常略读.

期刊摘选

Remember to skim off the fat from the soup before you give it to our guests.

别忘了把汤上的浮油撇去,然后再端给我们的客人.

《简明英汉词典》

Just make sure they skim your curves , not squeeze the life out of you.

只要注意裙身剪裁能恰好突出你的线条, 但不要把自己箍紧到喘不过气来.

期刊摘选

The rage for it's the worst that we skim.

愤怒吧,这是我们所经历的最糟糕的年代.

期刊摘选