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1 skim
A vtr1 ( remove cream) écrémer [milk] ; ( remove scum) écumer [liquid] ; ( remove fat) dégraisser [sauce, soup] ; to skim the fat from the surface of the soup, to skim the soup to remove the fat dégraisser la soupe ; to skim oil from the sea enlever le pétrole de la surface de la mer par écumage ;2 ( touch lightly) [plane, bird] raser, frôler [surface, treetops] ; the article only skims the surface of the problem l'article ne fait qu'effleurer le problème ;3 ( read quickly) parcourir [letter, page] ;4 ( throw on water) faire des ricochets avec [piece of glass, object] ; to skim stones faire des ricochets avec des cailloux ;5 ○ US Tax ne pas déclarer [part of income].B vi1 [plane, bird] to skim over ou across ou along sth raser qch ;2 [reader] to skim through ou over sth parcourir qch ; in his speech he skimmed over the unpalatable facts dans son discours il est passé rapidement sur les faits désagréables.■ skim off:▶ skim off [sth], skim [sth] off retirer, enlever [cream, fat, scum, dross] ; to skim off the fat from the sauce dégraisser la sauce ; skim off the cream from the milk écrémer le lait. -
2 skim
skim [skɪm]a. [+ milk] écrémer ; [+ soup] écumer• to skim the cream/scum/grease from sth écrémer/écumer/dégraisser qchb. to skim the ground/water [bird] raser le sol/la surface de l'eau• to skim across the water/along the ground raser l'eau/le sol3. compounds[+ cream, grease] enlever* * *[skɪm] 1.transitive verb (p prés etc - mm-)1) ( remove cream) écrémer; ( remove scum) écumer; ( remove fat) dégraisser2) ( touch lightly) [plane, bird] raser, frôler [surface, treetops]3) ( read quickly) parcourir4) (colloq) US Finance ne pas déclarer [part of income]2.intransitive verb (p prés etc - mm-)1) [plane, bird]to skim over ou across ou along something — raser quelque chose
2) [reader]to skim through ou over something — parcourir quelque chose
to skim over — passer rapidement sur [event, facts]
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