skim
/skɪm/
US pronunciation
American sound/skɪm/
skim
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US voice -> skim
Myanmar meaning
(v.t) အရည် မျက်နှာပြင်ပေါ်မှ-သဲ့ခပ်သည်-သဲ့ယူသည်။
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၁။ အပေါ်ယံ လျှပ်၍၊ ကဲ့၍ ယူသည်။ skim milk ❍ skim the cream from the milk.
၂။ (က) (no passive) (မျက်နှာပြင်ပေါ်) လျှပ်ပြေးသည်၊ ကပ်ပျံသည်။ swallows skimming (over) the water ❍ aircraft skimming the rooftops. (ခ) (ခဲလုံး၊ ဒိုး)ကို ရေပေါ်လျှပ်ပစ်သည်။ လျှပ်ဒိုးပစ်သည်။ skimming pebbles (over the lake).
၃။ ~ (through/over) sth ဝေ့ကာသော့၍ဖတ်သည်။ His eyes skimmed the front page for her name. ❍ I try to skim through all the new scientific journals each month.
❏ skimmed milk ( also skim milk) n [U] မလိုင်ထုတ်ပြီး နွားနို့။
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glide, fly, float, soar, at first glance, browse, brush, brush over, buttermilk, carom, chalk, cleanup, coast, cream, dart, dip, examine, extraneously, film, flick, flick through, flimsily, flip through, frivolously, get the cream, give the once-over, glance, glance at, glance over, go once over lightly, graze, half and half, half-and-half, hit the high spots, homogenized, ignorantly, kiss, ladle, laiche, leaf through, lightly, look-see, lookover, low fat, milk, moo juice, not profoundly, not thoroughly, on the surface, once over lightly, outturn, pasteurized, profit, read, read swiftly, ream, ricochet, riff, riffle, run eye over, sail, scan, scoop, scud, separate, shave, shoot, skate, skip, skirr, skitter, smooth along, speed-read, superficially, takings, thumb through, to the casual eye, top, trip, turn the pages, two-percent, winnings
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