skim
- v. 掠过
- v. 浏览
- v. 撇去, 撇沫
- Definition
- v. to move quickly over a surface
- v. to read something quickly
- v. to remove cream or fat from the surface of a liquid
- Example
- She likes to skim the newspaper before drinking her coffee.
- 她喜欢在喝咖啡之前先浏览一下报纸。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to look at something quickly to get information (verb).
比较义项：快速查看或阅读以获取信息（动词）。
- scan
Scan means to quickly look through something to find one specific piece of information, rather than reading it all; it can also apply to non-text things like a room or a crowd.
scan 指快速查看某物以找出某个具体信息，而不是通读全部内容；也可以用于文字以外的事物，比如扫视一个房间或人群。
She scanned the article for the phone number, without reading every line.
她快速扫视这篇文章寻找电话号码，并没有逐行阅读。
- skim 本词
Skim means to read a text quickly to get its general idea, without focusing on details or searching for anything specific.
skim 指快速阅读文字以了解大意，不关注细节，也不是为了寻找某个具体信息。
She only had time to skim the magazine, glancing at headlines rather than reading every article.
她只有时间浏览一下这本杂志，只看了标题而没有细读每一篇文章。
Scan and skim mean looking at something quickly, but purpose differs. Scan means looking through a text to find specific information, not reading it all. Skim means reading a text quickly for its general idea, without focusing on details. This excludes scan meaning to digitize.
这两个词都表示快速查看文字，但目的不同：scan 常是为了找到某个具体信息，可用于文字或场景等任何事物；skim 专指快速阅读文字以了解大意，不追求细节。这里不比较 scan 表示“用扫描仪扫描（数字化）”的义项。