skims

英 [skɪmz]

美 [skɪmz]

v.  撇去(液体上的油脂或乳脂等); (使)掠过，擦过，滑过; 浏览; 略读
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 撇去(液体上的漂浮物)
  If youskimsomethingfromthe surface of a liquid, you remove it.
  1. 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。
  2. Skim off the fat.
     将油脂撇去。
• VERB 掠过;擦过;滑过
  If somethingskimsa surface, it moves quickly along just above it.
  1. ...seagulls skimming the waves...
     掠过浪尖的海鸥
  2. 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。
• VERB 略读;浏览
  If youskima piece of writing, you read through it quickly.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• He always skims off the best students for his classes.
  他总是为自己的班级挑选最好的学生。
• Our textbook only skims the surface of the Vietnam War.
  我们的教科书只大略地带过越南战争。
• This fit generally suits all male body types as it skims the leg and doesn't have a distinctive leg shape.
  这种剪裁可以让双腿显得修长，适合大多数男士，但不会彰显个性腿型。
• However sound this argument may be, it only skims the surface of the problem.
  无论该论点听起来多么振振有词，它却只触及了问题的表面。
• She skims the milk to get cream.
  她是从牛奶中提取乳脂的。
• He skims through the air, searching for the beings who shine most brightly, whose souls leap as if they're fighting free of all their tethers.
  他掠过空气，寻找着最耀眼的生命，那跳跃的灵魂仿佛无往不胜。
• A board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water.
  由快艇牵引供人乘立并做滑水运动的木板，系水上运动器具。
• This article skims the surface of what cfengine can do.
  本文简要地介绍了cfengine可做的事情。
• Take apart into its constituent pieces. fisherman's lure that skims the surface of the water.
  拆除组成的各个部分。除去表面水分的诱饵。
• He skims the letter quickly, then halts.
  他匆匆的扫过了这封信，然后停住了。