skim

verb · adjective · nounA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

skims

V_ing/Gerund

skimming

V_ed/pp

skimmed

1.
(intransitive)To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
2.
(transitive)To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
3.
To hasten along with superficial attention.
4.
To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
5.
(transitive)To throw an object so it bounces on water.
skimming stones
6.
(intransitive)To ricochet.
7.
(transitive)To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
(through)
I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.
Đồng nghĩa: skip
8.
(transitive)To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
9.
(transitive)To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
to skim milk
to skim broth
10.
(transitive)To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
to skim cream
11.
To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
12.
To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
13.
(intransitive)To become coated over.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)(of milk) Having lowered fat content.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

skims

1.
(countable, uncountable)A cursory reading, skipping the details.
2.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Skim milk.
3.
(countable, uncountable)The act of skimming.
4.
(countable, uncountable)That which is skimmed off.
5.
(countable, uncountable)Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.

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Đồng nghĩa

skip

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (to remove scum), from escume (froth, foam), from *skūm (froth, foam), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (foam), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (to cover, conceal). See scum.