| 单词 | skip |
| 释义 | skip skip1 —skippingly, adv. /skip/, v. , skipped, skipping, n. v.i. 1. to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot. 2. to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes: He skipped through the book quickly. 3. to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice. 4. Educ. to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once. 5. to ricochet or bounce along a surface: The stone skipped over the lake. v.t. 6. to jump lightly over: The horse skipped the fence. 7. to pass over without reading, noting, acting, etc.: He skipped the bad parts. 8. to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions): My heart skipped a beat. 9. to be absent from; avoid attendance at: to skip a school class. 10. to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface. 11. Informal. to leave hastily and secretly or to flee from (a place): They skipped town. 12. skip out on, Informal. to flee or abandon; desert: He skipped out on his wife and two children. n. 13. a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce. 14. a gait marked by such jumps. 15. a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes: a quick skip through Europe. 16. Music. a melodic interval greater than a second. 17. a natural depression below the surface of a planed board. 18. Informal. a person who has absconded in order to avoid paying debts or meeting other financial responsibilities. [1250-1300; (v.) ME skippen, perh. < ON skopa to run (cf. Icel skoppa to skip); (n.) late ME skyppe, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1. caper, hop. SKIP, BOUND refer to an elastic, springing movement. To SKIP is to give a series of light, quick hops alternating the feet: to skip about. BOUND suggests a series of long, rather vigorous leaps; it is also applied to a springing or leaping type of walking or running rapidly and actively: A dog came bounding up to meet him. 2. skim. 13. leap, spring, caper, hop. skip2 /skip/, n. , v. , skipped, skipping. n. 1. the captain of a curling or bowling team. 2. Informal. skipper1. v.t. 3. to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team). 4. Informal. skipper1. [1820-30; short for SKIPPER1] skip3 /skip/, n. 1. Mining. a metal box for carrying ore, hauled vertically or on an incline. 2. See skip car. [1805-15; alter. of SKEP] |
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