flake
n
small thin layer or piece, esp one that has broken off a surface or object; small loose bit ?quot;∑ㄓ戎复游锾迳习湎吕吹模? 小碎片
Scrape off all the loose flakes of paint before redecorating. 先把翘起来的漆皮刮掉再重新装修.
snowflakes 雪花 * soap-flakes 肥皂片. flake, v
1 [I, Ip] ~ (off/away) come or fall off in flakes 成片状剥落
The paint on the walls is beginning to flake (off). 墙上的漆开始剥落了.
2 [I, Tn] separate (usu food) into flakes (使)(通常为食物)成片: flaked fish 切成片的鱼.
3 (phr v) flake out (infml 口) collapse or fall asleep from exhaustion (因精疲力竭)瘫倒或入睡
When I got home from the airport, I flaked out in the nearest armchair. 我从机场回到家, 便一下瘫倒在离我最近的沙发上了.
Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.