skimming 的定义
- Usually skimmings. floating matter that is removed from the surface of a liquid.
- skimmings, Metallurgy. dross.
- Slang. the practice of concealing gambling or other profits so as to avoid paying taxes, commissions, etc.: An audit of their cleaning business uncovered several years of skimming.
- the practice of electronically appropriating account numbers or other confidential data for illegal use: A chip is embedded in the credit card to prevent skimming.
skimming 近义词
look through cursorily
remove the top part
glide over quickly, lightly
更多skimming例句
- Imagine a drone skimming above the ocean waves, steered by scientists on a research ship in the distance.
- Skimming a plethora of responses on weed website forums, it appears that they seldom do.
- The Tropicana was a mobbed-up resort riddled with hidden ownership, casino skimming, and bad debt.
- Occasionally, I found myself skimming those italicized “Me and I” conversations.
- Previous generations of retirees were skimming off the top of a rapidly growing surplus.
- Then they would send their snow-snakes skimming over the hard crust of snow.
- He could shoot his arrows to the sky, and could send his snow-snakes skimming far beyond the rest.
- But these people are wholly on wires; laying their ears down, skimming away, pausing as though shot, and presto!
- Bowden was alone, in an armchair by the little lamp, skimming a paper while waiting for Mrs. Garford to return from her bedroom.
- Again the yacht swung out into the river, gathering headway quickly and skimming along, heeling very gently.