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VERB
撇去(液体上的漂浮物)
If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it.
例句
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。
Skim off the fat.
将油脂撇去。
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VERB
掠过;擦过;滑过
If something skims a surface, it moves quickly along just above it.
例句
...seagulls skimming the waves...
掠过浪尖的海鸥
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。
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VERB
略读;浏览
If you skim a piece of writing, you read through it quickly.
例句
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。
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。