单词 | skin |
释义 | Word Frequency skin(skɪn) noun 1. a. the tissue forming the outer covering of the vertebrate body: it consists of two layers (the dermis and epidermis), the outermost of which may be covered with hair, scales, feathers, etc. It is mainly protective and sensory in function b. (as modifier) a skin disease See also dermis, epidermis ▶ Related adjectives: cutaneous, dermatoid2. a person's complexion a fair skin 3. any similar covering in a plant or lower animal 4. any coating or film, such as one that forms on the surface of a liquid 5. unsplit leather made from the outer covering of various mammals, reptiles, etc Compare hide2 (sense 1)6. the outer covering of a fur-bearing animal, dressed and finished with the hair on 7. a container made from animal skin 8. the outer covering surface of a vessel, rocket, etc 9. a person's skin regarded as his or her life to save one's skin 10. (often plural) informal (in jazz or pop use) a drum 11. informal short for skinhead 12. slang a cigarette paper used for rolling a cannabis cigarette 13. Irish slang a person; sort he's a good old skin 14. computing a configuration of colours, fonts, background images, etc that can be used to customize the appearance of a particular application 15. by the skin of one's teeth 16. get under one's skin 17. jump out of one's skin 18. no skin off one's nose 19. skin and bone 20. thick skin 21. thin skin verbWord forms: skins, skinning or skinned 22. (transitive) to remove the outer covering from (fruit, etc) 23. (transitive) to scrape a small piece of skin from (a part of oneself) in falling, etc he skinned his knee 24. (often foll by over) to cover (something) with skin or a skinlike substance or (of something) to becomecovered in this way 25. (transitive) slang to strip of money; swindle adjective 26. relating to or for the skin skin cream 27. slang, mainly US involving or depicting nudity skin magazines Derived forms skinless (ˈskinless) adjective skinlike (ˈskinˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn |
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