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单词 skim
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skimverb

uk/skɪm/us/skɪm/-mm-

skim verb (MOVE ABOVE)

[ I or T ] to move quickly just above a surface without touching it:

The birds skimmed (across/along/over) the tops of the waves.

[ T ] UK US skip to throw a flat stone horizontally over water so that it touches and rises off the surface several times:

We watched a child skimming stones across the lake.

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Movement through the air

  • airborne
  • flight
  • flit
  • float
  • flown
  • fly
  • glide
  • levitate
  • lift
  • skip
  • soar
  • swish
  • swishy
  • swoop
  • track
  • waft
  • wheel
  • wing

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skim verb (CONSIDER QUICKLY)

[ I or T ] to read or consider something quickly in order to understand the main points, without studying it in detail:

I've only skimmed (through/over) his letter; I haven't read it carefully yet.
We've only skimmed the surface of (= considered a small part of) the problem.

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Reading

  • cross-reference
  • deconstruct
  • deconstruction
  • devour
  • dyslexia
  • flip
  • hermeneutic
  • leaf through sth
  • peruse
  • read sth over/through
  • readable
  • reader
  • readership
  • reading
  • reading knowledge
  • reference
  • riffle
  • run your eye over sth idiom
  • thumb
  • thumb through sth

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skim verb (REMOVE)

[ T ] to remove something solid from the surface of a liquid:

Strain the cooking liquid and skim off the fat.

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Preparing food

  • butter
  • can't boil an egg idiom
  • caramelize
  • carve
  • clarified
  • cube
  • dice
  • fold
  • knead
  • leaven
  • liquidize
  • malt
  • marinade
  • salt
  • slow food
  • spice
  • stuffed
  • sweeten
  • thicken
  • thin

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skim verb (STEAL)

[ T ] to secretly use a piece of equipment that records someone's credit card details in order to use their credit card account illegally

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Stealing

  • abscond
  • aggravated burglary
  • appropriate
  • armed robbery
  • break in/break into sth
  • duff
  • larceny
  • liberate
  • light-fingered
  • loot
  • looting
  • mug
  • relieve
  • rip sth off
  • rob
  • robbery
  • run off with sth
  • scrump
  • sting
  • whip

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Phrasal verb(s)

skim sb/sth off
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