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flaking

/fleyk/US // fleɪk //UK // (fleɪk) //

剥落,脱落,剥落度,剥落物

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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

  • In between the bursts, the snow is very light and a bit icy as warmer air moving in at high altitudes is starting to partly melt the flakes, which then refreeze as they get closer to the ground.

  • I usually add pepperoni and finish it with fresh basil, parmesan, and chile flakes.

  • Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with creamy mayo then topped with your choice of crisp, fresh veggies.”

  • Some predict the first flakes as early as late Saturday night while others hold off any snow until Sunday afternoon.

  • Sometimes existing tool kits—containing, for instance, simple cutting and scraping flakes—allowed early humans to exploit new resources and thrive under changing conditions.

  • But really, you know, we both ought to be talking to Wentworth and flaking after his mother and his liver—and things like that.

  • One day when the boys were flaking spear points, Fleetfoot turned to Flaker and said, “Do you know who made the first flaker?”

  • Many of the beautiful daggers, genuine works of art, were finished by a uniform, fine flaking down to the close of the period.

  • The blade edges are finished by secondary flaking with some fine retouching.

  • The blade and stem edges were retouched by shallow, regular, pressure flaking.