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skip1 /skɪp/ ●●○ verb (skipped, skipping) 
1 not 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 EnglishAmE
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 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]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 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]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 [intransitiveI]JUMP to move forward with quick steps and jumps 蹦跳着走
skip across/along etc
► see thesaurus at jump 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。
5. jump over a rope 跳绳 [intransitiveI]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 →5 see picture at 见图 jump1
6 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 EnglishAmETALK 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 EnglishAmETHROW 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 skim
9 ball 球 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] 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
Examples from the Corpus
skip a year/grade• He was a good enough student to skip a grade in elementary school and later scored 1280 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
11 skip off British EnglishBrE, skip out American English phrasal verbphr v 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〕
→ somebody’s heart skips a beat at heart1 He skipped off without paying.
他没付钱就溜了。
on American EnglishAmE
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。
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.
Construction
skip2 noun [countableC] 1. JUMPa skipping movement 蹦跳
2. British EnglishBrETBC 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.
(1200-1300) Perhaps from a Scandinavian language