skim學測 L6KK [ˈskɪm] ｜ /ˈskɪm/
掠過（表面）·撇去（表面物）·（液面）薄層·脫脂的（牛奶）·瀏覽；略讀
學測常考,身兼三詞性易混淆
As she skimmed through her notes, she also skimmed the foam off her hot chocolate.
她一邊瀏覽筆記,一邊撇去熱可可上的泡沫。
一個畫面：手掠過最上層
掠過水面貼著液面快速滑過
撇除浮渣撈掉液面上的薄層
略讀重點只看重點不深入細節
義項
海鳥掠水C2verb掠過（表面）
The bird skimmed over the water to catch a fish.
那隻鳥掠過水面去抓一條魚。
skim over the waterskim across the surface
撇除浮油C2verb撇去（表面物）
She skimmed the fat off the soup before serving it.
她在上菜前把湯上面的油撇掉。
skim the fatskim off the foam
薄冰浮膜C2noun（液面）薄層
A thin skim formed on the milk after it cooled.
牛奶冷卻後,表面結了一層薄膜。
a skim of icea skim of dust
脫脂鮮乳C2adjective脫脂的（牛奶）
He drinks skim milk instead of whole milk every morning.
他每天早上喝脫脂牛奶,而不是全脂牛奶。
skim milk
考前速讀C2verb瀏覽；略讀
He only had time to skim the book before the exam.
他考試前只有時間瀏覽那本書。
skim a bookskim through a report
片語
skim milk脫脂鮮乳 →把油脂濾掉的牛奶
skim through快速翻閱 →很快地瀏覽過一遍
skim off the top撈走浮油 →把最上層的東西撇除掉
skim stones打水漂 →讓石頭貼水面彈跳
你會不會這樣說？
To get the main ideas without reading every detail, he decided to ___ the report. (skim / skip)
看答案
skim
skim 是瀏覽著看,skip 是直接跳過不看,兩者容易混用。
'She used skim milk in her coffee.' 這裡的 skim 是什麼詞性？(A) 動詞 (B) 形容詞 (C) 名詞
看答案
(B)
此處 skim 修飾 milk,表示「脫脂的」,是形容詞用法。
字族
skimmer 撇渣器；濾網
順路看看
scan — 掃視找關鍵字,比skim更有目標skip — 直接跳過,不看不讀glance — 瞄一眼就轉開視線多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
會前閱讀
The manager skimmed the report before the afternoon meeting.
經理在下午的會議前略讀了那份報告。
餐廳廚房作業
The chef skimmed the foam off the stock during the morning preparation.
主廚在早上的備料作業中撇去了高湯表面的浮沫。
詞族
skim 動詞（原形） 略讀；撇去表面物・skims 動詞（第三人稱單數現在式） 略讀；撇去表面物・skimmed 動詞（過去式／過去分詞） 略讀了；撇去了表面物・skimming 動詞（現在分詞） 正在略讀；正在撇去表面物
四選一
Before the discussion begins, please ____ the report to get a general idea of its contents.
看答案
skim
主要子句是 please 引導的祈使句，須用原形動詞 skim，表示略讀以掌握大意。skimmed 是過去式或過去分詞，skimming 是 -ing 形式，skims 是第三人稱單數現在式，均不符合此處的祈使句結構。
同義改寫
The manager skimmed the report before the afternoon meeting. → The manager read through the report quickly without examining every detail before the afternoon meeting.
改寫保留 skimmed 的快速閱讀、未逐一細讀所有細節之意，也保留會前閱讀的時間。
The chef skimmed the foam off the stock during the morning preparation. → The chef removed the foam from the surface of the stock during the morning preparation.
removed the foam from the surface 明確表達 skimmed the foam off 的去除液面浮沫之意，作業時間不變。