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| /skɪp/ |
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| 1 | I to move forwards by jumping first on one foot and then the other 蹦跳；蹦跳着走 |
| Julie skipped along the pavement. 朱莉沿着人行道蹦蹦跳跳地往前走。 |
| | 1a | to jump over a rope that you or two other people swing above your head and then under your feet 跳绳 | | The three girls were out in the courtyard skipping. 那3个女孩在外面院子里跳绳。 | |
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| 2 | T to avoid doing or having something 不做；不吃 |
| It’ s not a good idea to skip breakfast. 不吃早餐不是个好主意。 |
| She’ s been skipping lessons all year. 她整年都在逃课。 |
| | 2a | I/T to not do something , but do the next thing instead 略过；跳过 | | Let’ s skip that page and go on to the next chapter. 让我们跳过那一页继续到下一章吧。 | | +to Let’ s skip to the final item of business. 我们跳到最后一项交易吧。 | |
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| 3 | I to move quickly from one place or thing to another 匆匆从一处移到另一处 |
| She’ s been skipping around the country for weeks now. 她已经在这个国家转悠了好几个星期。 |
| They kept skipping from one topic to another and didn’ t get much done. 他们不断从一个话题跳到另一个话题，并未深入谈什么。 |
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| 4 | T AMERICAN to skim a stone 用（石头）打水漂 |
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| - | skip it mainly AMERICAN spoken
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| used for telling someone that you do not want to talk about something |
| 不要提 |
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| If you were about to ask me for money, skip it! 如果你要问我借钱就甭提了！ |
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| - | skiptown mainly AMERICAN
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| to leave a place quickly , usually because you do not want to be noticed |
| 匆匆离开；溜走 |
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