vi.

1. （輕巧地）跳來跳去，蹦蹦跳跳
   The child skipped along at his granny's side.

   小孩蹦蹦跳跳地走在奶奶一旁。

2. 跳躍[（+over）]；跳繩
   Every time the record comes to that part of the music, the needle skips.

   每當唱片轉到音樂的那一部分，唱針就會跳過去。

3. 略過；漏掉；換來換去
   The speaker kept skipping from one subject to another.

   演講者老是從一個題目跳到另一個題目。

4. 快速處理；迅速翻閱[（+through）]
   He skipped through the accounts before dinner.

   他在飯前匆匆翻閱了一下帳目。

5. （彈跳著）掠過水面
   The stone skipped over the water.

   石塊打著水面漂削而過。

6. 【口】逃走，匆匆離去
   She skipped off without paying her bill.

   她沒有付帳就溜走了。

7. 【美】跳級

vt.

1. 躍過，跳過；跳（繩）
   The girls skipped rope.

   女孩子跳繩。

2. 使掠過水面
   The boys liked to skip stones on the lake.

   男孩子喜歡在湖面上用石子打水漂。

3. 略過；漏掉
   She skipped the jargon when she read the popular science magazine.

   她讀那本通俗科學雜誌時把其中的術語跳過未讀。

4. （故意）不出席，不參加
   I could skip every lecture for a month and still graduate.

   我可以一個月不去上課還照樣畢業。

5. 逃離
   He skipped the country.

   他逃離了這個國家。

6. 【美】跳（級）
   Her son skipped the second grade.

   她兒子從一年級跳到三年級。

n.[C]

1. 跳，蹦
   The child gave a skip of joy.

   那孩子高興得跳起來。

2. 省略
   I read the book without a skip.

   我從頭至尾閱讀了那本書。

   He read the lengthy report without a skip.

   他從頭至尾讀了那份冗長的報告。

3. 跳繩

n.[C]

1. （滾球隊等的）領隊，隊長
2. 船長；機長

vt.

1. 當（滾球隊）的領隊
2. 當……的船長（或機長）

n.

1. 【英】（建築工地用的）廢料車，倒卸車[C]
   Debris was being loaded into skips.

   垃圾正被裝進廢料車內。

v.

1. move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.
   ▸jump lightly over.
2. Brit. jump repeatedly over a rope which is held at both ends and turned over the head and under the feet.
   ▸N. Amer. jump over (a rope) in such a way.
3. omit (a section of something or a stage in a sequence).
4. fail to attend or deal with; miss.
   ▸informal leave quickly and secretly.
5. throw (a stone) so that it skims the surface of water.

n.

1. a skipping movement.
2. N. Amer. informal a person who defaults or absconds.

n.

1. Brit. a large transportable open-topped container for bulky refuse.
2. a cage or bucket in which workers or materials are lowered and raised in mines and quarries.
3. variant spelling of skep.

n.

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