英汉词典

1. 撇去(液体上的漂浮物)
    If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it.

    e.g. Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface...
           今天海面上风浪很大，那些配有专门设备的船只无法展开清除海面浮油的工作。
    e.g. Skim off the fat.
           将油脂撇去。

2. 掠过;擦过;滑过
    If something skims a surface, it moves quickly along just above it.

skim的翻译

    e.g. ...seagulls skimming the waves...
           掠过浪尖的海鸥
    e.g. The little boat was skimming across the sunlit surface of the bay.
           一叶小舟正轻轻掠过阳光下的海湾。

3. 略读;浏览
    If you skim a piece of writing, you read through it quickly.

    e.g. He skimmed the pages quickly, then read them again more carefully...
           他先快速地浏览页面，然后再细细阅读。
    e.g. I only had time to skim through the script before I flew over here.
           在坐飞机来这儿之前，我只来得及将手稿匆匆浏览了一遍。

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