1.skip的基本意思是指小孩或小动物“轻盈、优美、迅速地蹦〔跳〕”,有活泼过度的含义。引申可表示“跳读”,也可表示“溜走”。
2.skip既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,一般接物作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,常与over, through等连用。
3.skip的过去式和过去分词均为skipped。

skip about(v.+adv.)
跳来跳去 give skips about
▲skip about
The children were skipping about all over the hill.孩子们在山丘上四处蹦跳着。
The lambs were skipping about in the fields.小羊在田里跳来跳去。

skip along(v.+adv.)
跳着往前走 give skips forward
▲skip along
The little girl skipped along at her mother's side.小姑娘跟在她妈妈身边蹦呀跳呀地向前走。

skip aside(v.+adv.)
跳向一边 give a skip aside
▲skip aside
Facer skipped aside to avoid another blow.费塞跳向一边以躲过另一拳。

skip off(v.+adv.)
〈非正〉溜走; 匆匆离开 leave hurriedly and without attracting attention
〔说明〕 skip off常不用于进行体。
▲skip off
She skipped off without paying her bill.她没付钱就溜走了。
She is always skipping off when there is washing-up to be done.每当饭后有碗碟等要洗时,她总是匆匆溜掉。

skip out of(v.+adv.+prep.)
从…闪开〔溜走〕 get out of the way
▲skip out of sth
He skipped out of the way of a bus.他一跳闪开公共汽车。
The man skipped out of the hotel without paying his bill.那男人没有付账就悄悄从旅馆溜走了。

skip over1(v.+adv.)
〈非正〉匆匆离开 leave hurriedly
▲skip over
They skipped over to London for the weekend.他们匆匆前往伦敦去度周末。

skip over2(v.+prep.)
▲skip over sth
1.跳过 move over sth by taking two steps with each foot in turn
They ran back to the house, skipping over the grass and singing all the way.他们蹦跳着跑过草地,一路唱着歌,奔回了屋子。
2.〈非正〉忽略,略过 pass quickly over (a matter)
Let's skip over the former few things on the list, and get to the really important matters.让我们把单子前面的几件事略过,把注意力集中于真正重要的问题上。

skip through(v.+prep.)
跳读; 浏览 read (sth) very quickly, simply to get the main idea
▲skip through sth
She skipped through the boring bits of text and just looked at the picture.她跳过了课文中那些枯燥无味的部分,只看那些插图。
I skipped through the first part of the book, eager to get to the exciting bits.我只浏览了那本书的第一部分,急于去看那些令人激动的情节。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
Lambs like to skip.小羊喜欢跳跃。
Kehr skips well.凯尔跳绳跳得很好。
You may skip and read only those passages which concern you.你可以跳读,只选那些与你有关的段落读一下即可。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The boy skipped the brook.那男孩轻轻跳过小溪。
We were standing watching her skip rope.我们站着看她跳绳。
His heart skipped a beat when he saw how high up he was.当他看见自己在那么高的地方时,心跳都停了一下。
She skips the words then she reads.她读书时常把生词跳过不读。
He skipped the dull parts of the book.他把书的枯燥部分跳过去不读。
Brooks skipped school three days in a row.布鲁克斯连续三天逃学。

skip, bound, hop, jump, leap, spring
参见jump条。

skip it常用于美国俚语中表示“忘掉吧,别再提了”。例如:
I tried several times to thank him for his help, but he told me to skip it.我好几次想感谢他对我的帮助,但他都叫我不必提了。

［同义词］   jump, leap, miss, omit
［词源］＜中古英语skippen＜古挪威语skopa(跳)