skimmed v. 浏览,掠过;去除(skim的过去分词)
adj. 脱脂的
- Have you skimmed while you were reading?
阅读时你是否采用略读法? - At the beginning of the meeting, they skimmed over the agenda.
他们在会议开始时先浏览了一下议程安排。 - The torpedo bombers skimmed low, launching their missiles from just fifty feet off the calm surface of the water.
鱼雷轰炸机低低掠过,在距平静的水面仅五十英尺的高度发射鱼雷。
skimmed[ adj ]
used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
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yogurt made with skim milkshe can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter
Skim \Skim\ (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skimmed} (sk[i^]md);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Skimming}.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken.
[root]158. See {Scum}.]
1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or
lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just
beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
glide swiftly along the surface of.
Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the
top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the
ocean. --Hazlitt.
4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in
order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim
a book or a newspaper.