skimmer
skimmer
noun
noun
- a person or thing that skims, in particular
撇去浮物的人（或物)，尤指
■a utensil or device for removing a substance from the surface of a liquid
撇去浮物的器具（或设备）
■a device or craft designed to collect oil spilled on water
吸收水面油滴的设备（或工艺）
■a hydroplane, hydrofoil, hovercraft, or other vessel that has little or no displacement at speed
（排水量很小或没有的）水上飞机（或水翼艇、气垫船或其他船只） - a long-winged seabird related to the terns, feeding by flying low over the water surface with its knife-like extended lower mandible immersed
剪嘴鸥 - Genus Rynchops, family Rynchopidae (or Laridae): three species, one each in Africa, Asia, and America
剪嘴鸥属，剪嘴欧科（或鸥科）： 3种，分别在非洲、亚洲和美洲 - (chiefly US)a flat, broad-brimmed straw hat
(主美)平顶宽边草帽
■(informal)a close-fitting dress
(非正式)紧身衣服 - North American term for darter (in sense 3)
(北美)。 同 darter (义项3)
- Middle English: from Old French escumoir, from escumer 'skim', from escume 'scum'
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