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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -skimm-, *skimm*
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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
skimmHe skimmed through the report.
skimmI didn't have much time so I just skimmed through the article.
skimmThe airplane skimmed the ground before it crashed.
skimmThe dragonfly was skimming across the water.

WordNet (3.0)
skimmer(n) a rapid superficial reader
skimmer(n) a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
skimmer(n) gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
skimming(n) the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
skimming(n) failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Skimmer

n. 1. One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (Rhynchops nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skimmerton

n. See Skimmington. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skimming

n. 1. The act of one who skims. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skimmingly

adv. In a skimming manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skimmington

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold. ] A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

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