单词 | skimmer |
释义 | skimmer n.   1. a device for skimming liquids.   2. a person who skims.   3. a flat hat, esp. a broad-brimmed straw hat.   4. any long-winged marine bird of the genus Rynchops that feeds by skimming over water with its knifelike lower mandible immersed.   5. a hydroplane, hydrofoil, hovercraft, or other vessel that has little or no displacement at speed.   6. US a sheath-like dress. Etymology: ME f. OF escumoir f. escumer f. escume SCUM |
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