1not do STH 不做某事 [transitiveT] informalNOT DO something to not do something that you usually do or that you should do 不做〔本來常做或應做的事〕SYN miss
She skipped lunch in order to go shopping.
爲了去購物,她沒有吃午飯。
Williams skipped the game to be with his wife in the hospital.
威廉斯爲了在醫院裏陪他妻子而放棄了這場比賽。
skip school/class especially American EnglishAmE
He skipped chemistry class three times last month.
上個月他逃了三次化學課。
2not deal with STH 不處理某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]NOT DO something to not read, mention, or deal with something that would normally come or happen next 略過,跳過
I decided to skip the first chapter.
我決定跳過第一章。
skip to
Let’s skip to the last item on the agenda.
我們跳到議程的最後一項吧。
skip over
I suggest we skip over the details and get to the point.
我建議我們略過細節,就談要點。
3change subjects 換話題 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SUBJECT to go from one subject to another in no fixed order 跳換〔話題〕
skip about/around/from
It’s difficult to have a conversation with her because she skips from one topic to another.
6skip town/skip the countryinformalLEAVE A PLACE to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially to avoid being punished or paying debts 〔尤指爲了逃避懲罰或債務〕逃出城/出國
Then they found that Zaffuto had already skipped town.
後來他們發現紮富托已經逃出城了。
7skip it!informal especially American EnglishAmETALK TO somebody used to say angrily and rudely that you do not want to talk about something 〔生氣地說〕别提這件事了!不說這個了!
‘Sorry, what were you saying?’ ‘Oh, skip it!’
“對不起,你說什麽?”“噢,不說這事了!”
8.skip rocks/stonesAmerican EnglishAmETHROW to throw smoothflatstones into a lake, river etc in a way that makes them jump across the surface 打水漂SYN British English skim
9ball 球 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if a ball or something similarskips off a surface, it quickly moves away from that surface after hitting it – used especially in newsreports 〔球等碰擊某物後〕跳離,飛離〔尤用於新聞報道〕
skip off/along/across etc
The ball skipped off Bond’s glove and bounced toward the fence.
球從邦德的手套上反彈出去,蹦向圍欄。
10.skip a year/gradeSEto start a new school year in a class that is one year ahead of the class you would normally enter 〔在學校〕跳級
11skip offBritish EnglishBrE, skip out American Englishphrasal verbphr vLEAVE A PLACEto leave suddenly and secretly, especially in order to avoid being punished or paying money 突然溜走〔尤指爲了逃避懲罰或債務〕
He skipped off without paying.
他沒付錢就溜了。
onAmerican EnglishAmE
Tenants who skip out on utility bills are the focus of a new law.
欠着公用事業費逃跑的租客成了一部新法律的焦點。
Joel skipped out on his wife when she was 8 months pregnant.
skip school/class• She says, Remember the time we skipped school?• Talking out, skipping class, being tardy or disrespectful are no more acceptable for work-inhibited students than for any others.• He fell asleepplotting to skip school next morning.• You skip school, they only keep you back a year.• He often skipped school to study the river.
skip over• Dana just skipped over the difficult words in the story.
skip about/around/from• Foreign calls, flowers, and skipping around all evening like a teenager.• After severalminutes, he began skipping around, asking questions randomly, pursuinginstruction at different levels.• They laboured with enthusiasm and imagination and showed tolerance towards interfering children who hopped and skipped around, getting in the way.• They skipped about my feet, a flock of lambsbleating around a daft young heifer.• Right now they're still very vulnerable although they seem to be skipping about quite freely.• In school, he may like to focus on one subject exclusively and dislikeskipping from subject to subject.• Kelly put the phone down and skipped around the room.• His eyes skipped fromtree to tree.
skip off/along/across etc• The Rockets seem happier hacking their way through the brambles than skipping across a grassy meadow.• The two girls died when the car ploughed into them from behind as they skipped along a pavement.• The Rabari skipped off ahead, saying we would meet up at the base.• And then if he's serious in marrying you, my advice to you would be to skip off and do it.• Maura's eyes lit up and she skipped across the road to meet him.• Her gaze skipped across the surface of the lake.• But that's where they've all skipped off to.• Scraps of songs came out of his mouth as he skipped along, twirling his stick and tipping his turban to passers-by.
skip• He walked with a stick, but sometimes he would throw it away and skip.• Then a big skip and an entirechapter of their marriage would sail right into the blue.• Back to the car, a half-run hop skip situation.• Susan said to Marian Prouse, and let Prager help her aboard the skip.• And then, in the shadow between the skips, he settled down to wait.• In suburbia, however, the scourge of the skipstends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer.