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skip1 /skɪp/ ●●○ verb (skipped, skipping)  1  not do STH 不做某事 [transitive] informalNOT DO something to not do something that you usually do or that you should do 不做〔本来常做或应做的事〕 SYN miss She skipped lunch in order to go shopping. 为了去购物，她没有吃午饭。 Williams skipped the game to be with his wife in the hospital. 威廉斯为了在医院里陪他妻子而放弃了这场比赛。skip school/class especially American English He skipped chemistry class three times last month. 上个月他逃了三次化学课。2  not deal with STH 不处理某事 [intransitive, transitive]NOT DO something to not read, mention, or deal with something that would normally come or happen next 略过，跳过 I decided to skip the first chapter. 我决定跳过第一章。skip to Let’s skip to the last item on the agenda. 我们跳到议程的最后一项吧。skip over I suggest we skip over the details and get to the point. 我建议我们略过细节，就谈要点。3  change subjects 换话题 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]SUBJECT to go from one subject to another in no fixed order 跳换〔话题〕skip about/around/from It’s difficult to have a conversation with her because she skips from one topic to another. 和她谈话很困难，因为她总是随意变换话题。4  movement 移动 [intransitive]JUMP to move forward with quick steps and jumps 蹦跳着走skip across/along etc He turned and skipped away, singing happily to himself. 他转身蹦蹦跳跳地跑了，嘴里高兴地哼着歌。► see thesaurus at jump5. jump over a rope 跳绳 [intransitive]DGO to jump over a rope as you swing it over your head and under your feet, as a game or for exercise 跳绳 SYN American English jump rope →4  See picture of 见图 JUMP 1 →5 see picture at 见图 jump16  skip town/skip the country informalLEAVE A PLACE to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially to avoid being punished or paying debts 〔尤指为了逃避惩罚或债务〕逃出城/出国 Then they found that Zaffuto had already skipped town. 后来他们发现扎富托已经逃出城了。7  skip it! informal especially American EnglishTALK TO somebody used to say angrily and rudely that you do not want to talk about something 〔生气地说〕别提这件事了！不说这个了！ ‘Sorry, what were you saying?’ ‘Oh, skip it!’ “对不起，你说什么？”“噢，不说这事了！”8. skip rocks/stones American EnglishTHROW to throw smooth flat stones into a lake, river etc in a way that makes them jump across the surface 打水漂 SYN British English skim9  ball 球 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a ball or something similar skips off a surface, it quickly moves away from that surface after hitting it – used especially in news reports 〔球等碰击某物后〕跳离，飞离〔尤用于新闻报道〕skip off/along/across etc The ball skipped off Bond’s glove and bounced toward the fence. 球从邦德的手套上反弹出去，蹦向围栏。10. skip a year/grade SEto start a new school year in a class that is one year ahead of the class you would normally enter 〔在学校〕跳级11 skip off British English, skip out American English phrasal verb LEAVE A PLACEto leave suddenly and secretly, especially in order to avoid being punished or paying money 突然溜走〔尤指为了逃避惩罚或债务〕 He skipped off without paying. 他没付钱就溜了。 onAmerican English American English Tenants who skip out on utility bills are the focus of a new law. 欠着公用事业费逃跑的租客成了一部新法律的焦点。 Joel skipped out on his wife when she was 8 months pregnant. 乔尔在妻子怀孕八个月时撇下她走了。 → somebody’s heart skips a beat at heart1→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

skip• The children went skipping along the path.• They laboured with enthusiasm and imagination and showed tolerance towards interfering children who hopped and skipped around, getting in the way.• The weather's so nice today - let's skip class and go to the beach.• Shelly skipped down the sidewalk.• But the big firms seemed to skip Loyola in their recruiting.• Bill likes to leave work early, so he skips lunch sometimes.• Death is a skipped meal compared to this.• Skipping meals is not a good way to lose weight.• The trivia, though, is irresistible, the history is thorough, and the technical stuff is easy to skip over.• Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action!• Then, his eyes seeming to skip the mound of her stomach, he looked at her face.• Today, there is no formal structure to investigate or even debate whether UFOs have skipped through our atmosphere.• Can you skip to the other end of the playground.• In summary, the areas in which there are few updates can be skipped very quickly.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 asleep plotting 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 several minutes, he began skipping around, asking questions randomly, pursuing instruction 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 lambs bleating 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 dislike skipping from subject to subject.• Kelly put the phone down and skipped around the room.• His eyes skipped from tree to tree.skip across/along 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.• She skipped along and into the wood at the end of the gardens.• I skipped across the baking flagstones, eyes clenched against the brutal light.• It would be very different unloading the skip across the beach to the routine operation in Marchwood Military Port.• Maura's eyes lit up and she skipped across the road to meet him.• Her gaze skipped across the surface of the lake.• Scraps of songs came out of his mouth as he skipped along, twirling his stick and tipping his turban to passers-by.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.

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skip2 noun [countable]  1. JUMPa skipping movement 蹦跳2. British EnglishTBC a large container for bricks, wood, and similar heavy waste 〔装砖块、木头等的〕废料桶 SYN American English dumpster

Examples from the Corpus

skip• He walked with a stick, but sometimes he would throw it away and skip.• Then a big skip and an entire chapter 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 skips tends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer.Origin skip1 (1200-1300) Perhaps from a Scandinavian language

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skip¹ /skɪp/ verb (past tense and past participle skipped, present participle skipping)1.  NOT DO SOMETHING  [transitive] informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do
   SYN  miss:
    She skipped lunch in order to go shopping.
    Williams skipped the game to be with his wife in the hospital.
    skip school/class especially American English:
    He skipped chemistry class three times last month.
2.  NOT DEAL WITH SOMETHING  [intransitive and transitive] to not read, mention, or deal with something that would normally come or happen next:
    I decided to skip the first chapter.
    skip to
    Let’s skip to the last item on the agenda.
    skip over
    I suggest we skip over the details and get to the point.
3.  CHANGE SUBJECTS  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go from one subject to another in no fixed order
    skip about/around/from
    It’s difficult to have a conversation with her because she skips from one topic to another.
4.  MOVEMENT  [intransitive] to move forward with quick steps and jumps
    skip across/along etc
    He turned and skipped away, singing happily to himself.
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   JUMP OVER A ROPE .nbsp;[intransitive] to jump over a rope as you swing it over your head and under your feet, as a game or for exercise
   SYN  jump rope American English
6. skip town/skip the country informal to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially to avoid being punished or paying debts:
    Then they found that Zaffuto had already skipped town.
7. skip it! informal especially American English used to say angrily and rudely that you do not want to talk about something:
    ‘Sorry, what were you saying?’ ‘Oh, skip it!’
8. skip rocks/stones American English to throw smooth flat stones into a lake, river etc in a way that makes them jump across the surface
   SYN  skim British English
9.  BALL  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a ball or something similar skips off a surface, it quickly moves away from that surface after hitting it – used especially in news reports
    skip off/along/across etc
    The ball skipped off Bond’s glove and bounced toward the fence.
10. skip a year/grade to start a new school year in a class that is one year ahead of the class you would normally enter
⇨ sb’s heart skips a beat at heart
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ jump verb [intransitive and transitive] to push yourself up into the air, over something etc, using your legs: The cat jumped up onto the table. | He jumped over the stream. | His horse jumped the fence successfully.
   ▪ skip verb [intransitive] to move forwards with little jumps between your steps, especially because you are feeling happy: The little girl was skipping down the street.
   ▪ hop verb [intransitive] to jump or move around on one leg: He was hopping around because he’d injured his foot.
   ▪ leap verb [intransitive and transitive] especially written to suddenly jump up high or a long way: The deer leapt over the fence. | Tina leapt onto the boat as it was moving away. | Fish were leaping out of the water.
   ▪ bounce verb [intransitive] to jump up and down several times, especially on something that has springs in it: Children love bouncing on beds.
   ▪ dive verb [intransitive] to jump into water with your head and arms first: Zoë dived into the swimming pool.
   ▪ vault /vɔːlt $ vɒːlt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] especially written to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you: He vaulted the ticket barrier and ran for the exit. | Ben tried to vault over the bar.
skip off British English, skip out American English phrasal verb
  to leave suddenly and secretly, especially in order to avoid being punished or paying money:
    He skipped off without paying.
    skip off on American English:
    Tenants who skip out on utility bills are the focus of a new law.
    Joel skipped out on his wife when she was 8 months pregnant.

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skip² noun [countable]
1. a skipping movement
2. British English a large container for bricks, wood, and similar heavy waste
   SYN  dumpster American English