skim
单词辨析：
又作 scan through, 指粗略地扫视报刊文章等，以便了解主要内容，含较强的目的性。
He scanned through the newspapers and found nothing special.
他快速翻阅报纸，没有发现什么特别的新闻。
She scanned the list of names to see if hers was on it.
她粗略地看了一下名单，想知道是否有她的名字。
指随意浏览书刊、计算机、因特网等，目的在于寻找有趣的信息或挑选中意的物品，常后接介词 through。
Buy a magazine or browse in the gift shop.
买本杂志或逛一下礼品商店。
He likes to browse through old books on Sundays in old book stores.
他喜欢星期天在旧书店翻阅旧书。
The public can browse through the City Council's home page for the latest information.
公众可以浏览市政会的网页，以获取最新信息。
This feature allows you to browse your hard drive.
这一功能让你可以浏览硬盘驱动器。
指快速阅读以找出要点或主要信息，常后接介词 through/over。
You can skim through the catalogue first.
你可以先略读一下目录。
The student skimmed through the test paper.
那个学生快速阅读了考卷。
Don't read the document word for word, just skim it.
不要逐字细读文件，大致看一下就可以了。
相关例句：
One cup of plain low-fat yogurt has more calcium than a glass of skim milk.
1杯低脂酸奶中钙的含量比1杯脱脂牛奶中的还多。
Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface
今天海面上风浪很大，那些配有专门设备的船只无法展开清除海面浮油的工作。
Will you please skim the fat off from the soup?
请您把菜汤中的油脂撇去好吗？
Rich Italian clubs such as AC Milan cannot simply skim off all of Europe's stars
像AC米兰这样财大气粗的意大利足球俱乐部也不可能把欧洲所有的明星球员统统招到自己门下。
Skim the cream from the milk.
自牛奶中撇取奶油。
I'm afraid I've only had time to skim through the article.
恐怕我只有浏览一遍这篇文章的时间了。