skimmerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

skim +‎ -er

名詞

skimmer (複数形 skimmers)

1. A device that skims.
   1. A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
   2. A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
   3. (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.

      Coordinate terms: skimming, shimming, shimmer

2. A person who skims.
3. Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
4. Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
5. A ballet flat shoe.
6. A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
   • 1969, The New York Times Magazine (part 3)

     Classic, box-pleated skimmers and pantdresses stay crisp and fresh, won't wrinkle or wilt!

   • 2006, Adele P. Margolis, Judy Skoogfors, Make Your Own Dress Patterns, page 73:

     The utilization of divided dart control—some stitched and some unstitched—is the basis of semifitted styles such as the shift or skimmer dress.

   • 2009, Phyllis G. Tortora, Keith Eubank, Survey of Historic Costume (page 572)

     Slightly A-line, princess-cut “skimmers” were popular as dresses in summer and jumpers in winter.

7. (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
8. (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
9. (naval) A surface ship.
10. (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
    • 2015, Aurora Springer, Grand Master's Pawn

      Kondric stood beside the skimmer for a moment, looking back at his warriors. They shouted and banged their swords on their shields. He raised his hand in farewell, and followed Violet into the cabin.

    • 2000, Carlie Simonsen, Rocky to the Rescue (page 2)

      They said no one landed on other planets. They said there was no such thing as a skimmer. Rocky hadn't believed them. They didn't know everything. He wished they could see the skimmer.

同意語

• (birds): scissorbill

派生語

• African skimmer, black skimmer, Indian skimmer
• blue skimmer
• fiery skimmer

語源 2

Northern variant of shimmer.

動詞

skimmer (三人称単数 現在形 skimmers, 現在分詞 skimmering, 過去形および過去分詞形 skimmered)

1. To shimmer.
2. To move quickly, to flutter.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 9:

     …he was bounding over the heads of the maidens, and making his feet skimmer against the ceiling, enjoying, the while, the most ecstatic emotions.

アナグラム

• kimmers