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peeling

/pee-ling/US // ˈpi lɪŋ //UK // (ˈpiːlɪŋ) //

脱皮,换肤,剥皮,去皮

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person or thing that peels.
    • : that which is peeled from something, as a piece of the skin or rind of a fruit.

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Examples

  • The amount of pesticide on non-organic produce varies widely by fruit or vegetable, so the group issues annual “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” lists, based on Agriculture Department testing that assumes washing and peeling.

  • So go a bit easier on the force for surfaces that are more vulnerable to chipping and peeling.

  • “I like decorating my slaves,” she said, referencing the rope, her thin, crimson-coated lips peeling off her front teeth.

  • Only the peeling paint and the crumbling walls hinted that, for these students, a different reality lay outside.

  • Nathan was born with his skin peeling away, he was in rough shape.

  • Everybody knows it, that feeling of entering a park: peeling off the city streets and into that nourishing sense of calm.

  • The journalist is focused on peeling away the layers and getting at the damaging truth.

  • Gwynne went into the kitchen, and Mariana, who was peeling onions for an olla podrida, screamed and embraced him.

  • She had been painted green, but the colour was faded and weathered, and the paint peeling off in strips.

  • There was a general peeling off of overcoats, and a rush forward of answerers to his bold challenge.

  • He was peeling potatoes but when the General entered he dropped his work and stood at attention.

  • Yesterday we saw Johnnie Green ride you up to the kitchen window where Mrs. Green was peeling potatoes.

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