peel
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR The peel of a fruit such as a lemon or an apple is its skin. You can also refer to a peel. (果) 皮
...grated lemon peel. …磨碎了的檸檬皮。
...a banana peel. …一塊香蕉皮。
2. V-T When you peel fruit or vegetables, you remove their skins. 削皮
She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes. 她在廚房裡坐下，開始削土豆。
3. V-T/V-I If you peel off something that has been sticking to a surface or if it peels off, it comes away from the surface. 剝掉; 剝落
One of the kids was peeling plaster off the wall. 其中一個孩子在剝牆上的灰泥。
It took me two days to peel off the labels. 我花了兩天時間才剝掉那些標簽。
Paint was peeling off the walls. 牆上的漆正在剝落。
4. V-I If a surface is peeling, the paint on it is coming away. 掉漆[usu cont]
Its once-elegant white pillars are peeling. 曾一度典雅的白色立柱在掉漆。
5. V-I If you are peeling or if your skin is peeling, small pieces of skin are coming off, usually because you have been burned by the sun. (人) 脫皮; (皮) 脫落[usu cont]
His face was peeling from sunburn. 他的臉因日曬而在脫皮。
6. N a long-handled shovel used by bakers for moving bread, in an oven (烤麪包時用的)長柄鏟
7. N (in Britain) a fortified tower of the 16th century on the borders between England and Scotland, built to withstand raids (英國)防禦堡塔; 16世紀，建於英格蘭和囌格蘭交界処
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peel /piːl/ (peeling,peeled,peels)
剑桥词典
- Could you peel the carrots ?
- I was peeling potatoes in the kitchen when he called.
- Peel and chop the carrots .
- Did you peel the pears ?
- Garnish with peeled, seeded and diced tomatoes .
peel verb (FOOD)
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables
除去，剝去（水果、蔬菜的）皮
Peel, core , and chop the apples . 把蘋果去皮、去核竝剁碎。
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peel verb (COVERING)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞, 經常 後麪必須接副詞或介詞的動詞 ]If a layer or covering peels, it slowly comes off, and if you peel a layer or covering , you remove it slowly and carefully .
（表層）脫落，剝落；剝去（表層），剝去…的殼
We peeled the wallpaper off the walls . 我們把牆紙從牆上揭了下來。
Peel off the backing strip and press the label down firmly . 撕下背墊條，將標簽用力下壓。
The posters were peeling away from the damp walls . 海報正從潮溼的牆麪脫落。
The new paint is already starting to crack and peel. 新漆已經開始出現裂紋竝脫落。
peel verb (BODY)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]If you peel, or part of your body or your skin peels, parts of the top layer of your skin comes off because you are burned from being in the sun .
（皮膚因日曬而）脫皮，蛻皮
My back is peeling. 我的後背在蛻皮。