| 单词 | skim |
| 释义 | skim (once / 927 pages) 1vnadj 2vn 3v To skim is to remove something from the surface of a liquid. Some cooks skim the fat off of the top of their chicken noodle soup, others skim the cream off milk to make skim (or skimmed) milk. Cream is what you skim off the surface of milk, and if you don't like the whipped version, you might skim it from your hot chocolate. Another way to use the word skim is to mean "read quickly," like when you skim the newspaper, catching just the headlines as you search for the comics section. Skim has an Old French root, escumer, "remove scum," from escume, "scum." The "glance through a book" meaning came later, in the late 1700’s. WORD FAMILYskim: skiming, skimmed, skimmer, skimming, skims+/skimmer: skimmers/skimming: skimmings USAGE EXAMPLESSkim the fat off the top with a ladle and discard. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Fairley was convicted Sept. 12 on three counts of conspiracy and theft for skimming money from a federal housing program. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) Fairley was convicted Sept. 12 on three counts of conspiracy and theft in a federal case involving money skimmed from a federal housing program. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1v remove from the surface Syn|Hyper cream, cream off, skim off remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 2v cause to skip over a surface Syn|Hyper skip, skitter throw propel through the air 3v coat (a liquid) with a layer Hyper coat, surface put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface 4n a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid there was a thin skim of oil on the water Hyper cover, covering, natural covering a natural object that covers or envelops 5adj used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed 2yogurt made with skim milk she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter Syn skimmed fat-free, fatless, nonfat without fat or fat solids 1v examine hastily Syn|Hyper glance over, rake, run down, scan examine, see observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect 2v read superficially Syn|Hyper skim over read interpret something that is written or printed 3n reading or glancing through quickly 3Syn|Hyper skimming reading the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message 1v move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of Syn|Hyper skim over touch make physical contact with, come in contact with 2v travel on the surface of water Syn|Hypo|Hyper plane aquaplane ride on an aquaplane aquaplanerise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road glide move smoothly and effortlessly |
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