flakes

柯林斯詞典

flake /fle?k/ (flaking,flaked,flakes)

• 1. N-COUNT A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece. 小薄片 (尤指碎片)

  ...flakes of paint. …顏料碎片。

  Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall. 大片大片的雪花開始飛快地落下。

• 2. V-I If something such as paint flakes, small thin pieces of it come off. (油漆等) 剝落

  They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked. 他們可以看到其顏色褪去的情況和油漆剝落的地方。

• 3. PHRASAL VERB Flake off means the same as . 剝落

  The surface corrosion was worst where the paint had flaked off. 油漆已經(jīng)剝落的地方，表面的腐蝕最嚴(yán)重。

• 4. N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a flake, you mean that you think they are very unreliable. 不可靠的人[非正式]

  Sophie turned out to be such a flake. She said she'd meet me here and instead I'm just lying around this hotel room and I'm totally bored. 索菲原來(lái)是這么不可靠。她說(shuō)過(guò)要在這里見我，可現(xiàn)在我只能躺在這間旅館的房間里，感到百無(wú)聊賴。

• 5. N a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce (魚等的)晾干架

返回 flakes