Skimming

(noun.) failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it.

(noun.) the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid.

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• But ere the words had passed his lips she was across the snowy road, rather skimming than wading the drifts. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The wind blew roughly, the wet squalls came rattling past them, skimming the pools on the road and pavement, and raining them down into the river. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• During our stay at Naples, we often returned to this cave, sometimes alone, skimming the sun-lit sea, and each time added to our store. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Then the airship began to descend, taking the circles easily, and finally skimming down to the ground. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• They have a peculiar and mysterious power of skimming out of rooms, which other mortals possess not. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The ancient methods of simply melting and skimming the bullion dross have been superseded. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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