peeler

peel·er ¹

P0149600 (pē′lər)n.1. One that peels, especially a kitchen implement for peeling the rinds or skins from fruits or vegetables.2. One that can be readily peeled, especially a crab that is about to molt.

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peel·er ²

P0149600 (pē′lər)n. Chiefly British A police officer.

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[After Sir Robert Peel.]

peeler

(ˈpiːlə) n1. (Cookery) a special knife or mechanical device for peeling vegetables, fruit, etc: a potato peeler. 2. slang US a striptease dancer

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peeler

(ˈpiːlə) n (Law) old-fashioned slang Brit another word for policeman[C19: from the founder of the police force, Sir Robert Peel]

peel•er¹

(ˈpi lər)

n. 1. a kitchen implement for removing the peel from a vegetable or fruit. 2. one that peels. [1325–75]

peel•er²

(ˈpi lər)

n. Brit. Archaic. a police officer. [1810–20; after Sir R. Peel; see -er¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	peeler - a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to musicecdysiast, exotic dancer, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, stripperperformer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
	2.	peeler - a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetablesworker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
	3.	peeler - a device for peeling vegetables or fruits; "she invented a potato peeler"device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

peeler

nounChiefly British. A member of a law-enforcement agency:bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman.Informal: cop, law.Slang: bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase).Chiefly British: bobby, constable.

Translations

剥皮器

peel

(piːl) verb1. to take off the skin or outer covering of (a fruit or vegetable). She peeled the potatoes. 剝皮 剥皮2. to take off or come off in small pieces. The paint is beginning to peel (off). 脫落 脱落 noun the skin of certain fruits, especially oranges, lemons etc. 果皮 果皮ˈpeeler noun a tool etc that peels (something). a potato-peeler. 剝皮器 剥皮器ˈpeelings noun plural the strips or pieces of skin peeled off an apple, potato etc. potato peelings. 剝下的皮 剥下的皮