skim

1. V-T If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it. 撇去 (液體表面的浮物)

Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface. 今天洶涌的海浪使特別裝備的船只無法撇去浮在水面上的石油。

2. V-T/V-I If something skims a surface, it moves quickly along just above it. 掠過

...seagulls skimming the waves. …掠過海浪的海鷗。

3. V-T/V-I If you skim a piece of writing, you read through it quickly. 略讀; 瀏覽

He skimmed the pages quickly, then read them again more carefully. 他很快瀏覽了幾頁，然后又仔細(xì)地讀了一遍。