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单词 unpeel
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unpeelv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpiːl/, U.S. /ˌənˈpil/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, peel v.1
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + peel v.1
transitive. To peel (in various senses); esp. to strip away (an outer layer). Cf. un- prefix2 1e.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of outer layer > strip (outer layer)
peel1424
unpeel1660
1660 J. Howell Lex. Tetraglotton Dict. To Peel off, or unpeel a thing; Escorcer; Scorticare; Escorzar.
1820 Etonian No. 1. 39 Without a rival in the ring, Brown Bob ‘unpeels’ [(ed. 2) peels] for Church and King.
1842 M. M. Sherwood Robert & Frederick vi. 56 Then followed a long process of undressing, or rather unpeeling him, for his clothes stuck to him like paper on a wall.
1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 226 Our method..will consist in gradually unpeeling the various layers of populations, until we arrive at the primitive kernel of the whole.
1904 W. James Let. 16 June in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 487 The original ‘that’ may vanish in the infinitely regressive superposition of human ‘whats’—we can't today unpeel them wholly.
?a1915 in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) v. 122 Then the sheila raced off squealin', And her clothes she was un-peelin'.
1964 Times 9 Apr. 17/2 The endeavour turned out to be as frustrating as unpeeling an onion.
2002 E. McLaughlin & N. Kraus Nanny Diaries x. 269 I unpeel my flesh from the rubber slats of the dilapidated lawn chair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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