Skim

Definition

skim /skÇm/ v ( -mm- ) ၁။ အေပၚယံ လွ်ပ္၍၊ ကဲ့၍ ယူသည္။ skim milk ❍ skim the cream from the milk. ၂။ (က) (no passive) (မ်က္ႏွာျပင္ေပၚ) လွ်ပ္ေျပးသည္၊ ကပ္ပ်ံသည္။ swallows skimming (over) the water ❍ aircraft skimming the rooftops. (ခ) (ခဲလံုး၊ ဒိုး)ကို ေရေပၚလွ်ပ္ပစ္သည္။ လွ်ပ္ဒိုးပစ္သည္။ skimming pebbles (over the lake). ၃။ ~ (through/over) sth ေဝ့ကာေသာ့၍ဖတ္သည္။ 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] မလိုင္ထုတ္ၿပီး ႏြားႏို႔။

Examples

1. [skim off] : Skim the fat off the soup.
2. We stood on the bridge watching swallows skimming the water.
3. [skim across/over] : Water skiers skimmed across the bay.
4. [skim through] : Would you skim through the report and check for spelling mistakes?