peel
- IPA[pēl]
美式
- remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable)；remove (the outer covering or skin) from a fruit or vegetable
- the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable.
verb: peel, 3rd person present: peels, gerund or present participle: peeling, past tense: peeled, past participle: peeled
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable) she watched him peel an apple with deliberate care 同義詞
- ▪ remove (the outer covering or skin) from a fruit or vegetable with a small knife, peel the skin from the ginger 同義詞
- ▪ (of a fruit or vegetable) have a skin that can be removed oranges that peel easily
- 2. (of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces the walls are peeling 同義詞
- ▪ (of an outer layer or covering) come off, especially in strips or small pieces paint was peeling from the shopfronts
名詞
- 1. the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable.
