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flaked

/fleyk/US // fleɪk //UK // (fleɪk) //

剥落的,剥落,剥皮的,剥皮

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a small, flat, thin piece, especially one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass: flakes of old paint.
    • : any small piece or mass: a flake of snow.
    • : a stratum or layer.
    • : Slang. an eccentric person; screwball: My sister's new boyfriend is a real flake—I can't imagine why she goes out with him.
    • : Slang. cocaine.
    • : a usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.
v.无主动词 verb
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    flaked, flak·ing.

    • : to peel off or separate in flakes.
    • : to fall in flakes, as snow.
v.有主动词 verb
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    flaked, flak·ing.

    • : to remove in flakes.
    • : to break flakes or chips from; break into flakes: to flake fish for a casserole.
    • : to cover with or as if with flakes.
    • : to form into flakes.

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Examples

  • Pull the tape away, and it may still have some thin flakes of graphite attached.

  • People will soon walk all over the melted witch goo like it isn’t there, and after a while the only trace of it will be filthy witch gunk on the bottom of our shoes, which will eventually flake off.

  • Roasted under a drizzle of oil spiced with red pepper flakes and fennel, it’s especially comforting right out of the oven with crusty bread.

  • Transfer the Brussels sprouts to a medium bowl and add the sugar, olive oil, lemon juice and zest, salt, pepper and crushed red pepper flakes, if using.

  • Add the garlic and pepper flakes and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.

  • “They flaked out on the policy in 2009 and the administration starved their friends in Congress,” the person said.

  • I see a white-haired librarian silent in an oatmeal cardigan and flaked forehead just outside the doorway.

  • Galt leaned his body against the wall and rested the rifle on the paint-flaked window sill.

  • The white crests of the waves which galloped alongside flaked the darkness with ominous signalings.

  • Four, five or six eggs are laid; these are of a pale greenish-blue hue, speckled or flaked with sepia markings.

  • All examples are retouched along the edges; many are very finely pressure flaked.

  • One or all blade edges may be secondarily flaked by the removal of fine, shallow flakes or rather crude deep flakes.

  • The shallow notches that form the hafting area are steeply flaked.