skit·ter /ˈskɪtɚ/
(vi.)飛掠而過,把魚鉤在水麵移動著釣(vt.)使掠過水麵
Skit·ter v. t. To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.
The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips the spoon over the surface. --James A. Henshall.
Skit·ter, v. i. To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.
Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a feet before settling down. --T. Roosevelt.
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skitter
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, scuttle]
2: glide easily along a surface
3: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
[syn: skim, skip]
4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the
surface of water