skip
v
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1 [Ipr, Ip] move lightly and quickly, esp by taking two steps with each foot in turn 輕快地跳(尤指每只腳輪流跳兩次)
a child skipping along the road, into the house, etc 沿路跳著、 跳著進屋...的小孩
skipping along, past, out, etc 蹦蹦跳跳地走去、 走過、 走出等
skip out of sb's way, ie by making a little jump 跳開給某人讓路
The lambs were skipping about in the fields. 羊羔在田里跳來跳去.
2 [I] jump over a rope held in both one's hands or by two other people and passed repeatedly over the head and under the feet 跳繩
children skipping in the playground 在操場中跳繩的兒童
skipping games 跳繩游戲. =>illus 見插圖.
3
(a) [Ipr, Ip]
(infml 口) go from one place to another quickly or casually 匆匆地或隨便地由一處到另一處
skip over/across to Paris for the weekend 匆匆趕到巴黎度周末
(fig 比喻) She skipped from one subject to another. 她講得沒有條理, 東拉西扯.
(b) [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn no passive 不用於被動語態]
~ (out of...); ~ off leave (a place) secretly or in a hurry 悄悄地或匆匆地離開(某地)
skip (out of) the country with the stolen money 攜贓款潛逃國外
skip off without saying anything to anyone 一聲不吭地匆匆溜走.
4 [Tn] not attend (a meeting, etc) 不參加(會議等)
skip a lecture, an appointment, a class, etc 未參加講座、 沒赴約、 曠課.
5 [I, Tn] omit (part of a book when reading, a task, etc) 略過(書中的一部分、 任務等)
I read the whole book without skipping (a page). 我一頁不漏地讀完了全書.
Skip the first chapter and start on page 25. 跳過第一章, 從第25頁開始看.
He managed to skip the washing-up. 他變著法地不做洗碗的事.
6 (idm 習語) `skip it! (infml 口) don't talk about that any more 別再提這件事了
I've heard enough about your job, so skip it! 你的工作我已經聽夠了, 別再提了! skip, n skipping movement 跳躍; 跳繩; 跳過; 躲過
a hop, a skip and a jump 三級跳遠.
skip n large (usu open) metal container for carrying away rubble, rubbish, etc, esp from a building site 舊料桶(通常無蓋, 尤用以裝運工地廢料的)
[attrib 作定語]
skip hire 舊料桶租賃.