音标：[skim] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

vt. 撇取浮沫, 略读, 掠过
vi. 擦过, 浏览
n. 脱脂乳, 擦过, 表层物
a. 撇去浮沫的

n. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
n. reading or glancing through quickly
v. cause to skip over a surface
v. coat (a liquid) with a layer

词型变化：现在分词 : skimming ; 过去式 : skimmed ; 过去分词 : skimmed ; 第三人称单数 : skims ; 名词复数形式 : skims
考试类型：[四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

动词82%

名词18%

skim的用法和样例：

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

It took me an hour to skim the book.我花了一小时把这本书浏览了一遍。
A seagull skims the water.海鸥掠过水面。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

The hovercraft is able to skim over the water.气垫船能掠过水面飞速行驶。
During the cold night, the puddles skimmed over.夜间寒冷，水洼面上结了冰。

用作名词(n.)

I notice you have two quarts of skim milk.我看到你拿了两夸托脱脂牛奶。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

She skimmed the milk of its cream.她撇去牛奶上的奶油。
The swallows skimmed the water.燕子掠过水面。
The dragonflies skimmed the treetops.蜻蜓掠过树梢。
The low-flying plane seemed to skim the rooftops.低飞的飞机就好像从房顶掠过一样。
Don't read the report word for word now, just skim it.现在不要逐字读报告,大致地看一下就可以了。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)

skim across (v.+prep.)

The skier skimmed across the snow.

滑雪者飞快地滑过雪地。

Facer was skimming flat stones across the surface of the lake.

费塞正用扁石子在湖面上打水漂。

skim away (v.+adv.)

Strain the sauce and skim away any fat that rises to the surface.

把酱汁滤一下,然后撇去飘浮在面上的油脂。

She is skimming away.

她轻盈地滑开去了。

skim off (v.+adv.)

〈非正〉提取精华 take the best, the most able part of a groupHe tried to skim off the best players from the local school teams.他试图从当地学校的球队中选拔出一批最好的球员。skim over (v.+prep.)

The little bird skimmed over the waves looking for food.

那只小鸟掠过波浪寻找食物。

Look at the way those insects skim over the water.

看看这些昆虫掠过水面的方式。

The motor-boat skimmed over the water.

汽艇飞掠过水面。

He skimmed little stones over a lake.

他抛掷小石片,使之掠过湖面。

Haas skimmed over the list, looking for his name.

哈斯粗略地看了一下名单,寻找自己的名字。

I've skimmed over the report but I haven't had time to look at it in detail.

我已浏览了这份报告,但还没时间细读。

skim through (v.+prep.)

You can skim through the catalogue first.

你可以先略读一下目录。

It took me an hour to skim through that thick book.

我花了一小时才把那本厚厚的书大致浏览了一下。

It's important for you to skim through the text.

浏览课文对你来说很重要。

If you skim through the play too quickly, you'll forget the plot.

如果你剧本读得太快,就会忘记剧中的主要情节。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

skim a book略读一本书
skim the milk of its cream撇去牛奶上的奶油
skim a newspaper略读报纸

～+副词

skim carelessly粗心地快读
skim critically挑剔地跳读
skim hastily草率地跳读
skim rapidly速读
skim away把…撇去,掠过,轻轻滑开
skim off把…撇去,提取精华

～+介词

skim across掠〔滑〕过
skim the cream from the milk从牛奶上撇去奶油
skim over掠〔滑〕过,略读
skim over a newspaper浏览报纸
skim over the water掠过水面
skim over the waves从浪尖上掠过
skim little stones over a lake抛小石子使之掠过水面
skim through浏览
skim through an article浏览一篇文章

经典引文

The clear water, having been first carefully skimmed.
出自：G. Berkeley

【近义词】

【反义词】

examine carefully

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