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CET6IELTS考研TOEFL中低頻詞核心詞匯

第三人稱單數:?skips;過去式:?skipped;過去分詞:?skipped;現在分詞:?skipping;

skip (v.): c. 1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skopa "to take a run," Middle Swedish skuppa "to skip, leap," from Proto-Germanic *skupan (cognates: Middle Swedish skuppa, dialectal Swedish skopa "to skip, leap"). Related: Skipped; skipping.

Meaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. Meaning "to cause to skip or bound" is from 1680s. The custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c.
skip (n.2): short for skipper (n.1), 1830, originally in sports jargon (curling).
skip (n.1): "a spring, a bound," early 15c., from skip (v.). Meaning "a passing over or disregarding" is from 1650s.

1. They skip rope and play catch, waiting for the bell.: 他們又是跳繩，又是玩接球，等著上課鈴聲響起。

2. I'd better skip the party and stay at home to revise.: 我最好還是不去參加這個聚會，留在家里溫習功課。

4. You may skip through a book, reading only those passages concerned.: 你可以跳讀一本書, 只揀那些有關的段落讀一下即可.

5. The parents want their child to skip to the second grade.: 這家父母希望他們孩子能跳級到二年級.