释义 |
Noun: skin skin- A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
"your skin is the largest organ of your body" - tegument, cutis - An outer surface (usually thin)
"the skin of an aeroplane" - Body covering of a living animal
- hide, pelt - A person's skin regarded as their life
"he tried to save his skin" - The rind of a fruit or vegetable
- peel - A bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
Verb: skin (skinned,skinning) skin- Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- clamber, scramble, shin, shinny [N. Amer], struggle, sputter - Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
"The boy skinned his knee when he fell" - scrape - Remove the bark of a tree
- bark - Strip the skin off
- peel, pare
Derived forms: skins, skinning, skinned See also: endermatic, intracutaneous, mucocutaneous, skinner, skinny, subcutaneous, transcutaneous Type of: aliveness, animation, bag, body covering, climb, connective tissue, injure, life, living, rind, strip, surface, wound Part of: aircraft, edible fruit, integumentary system Encyclopedia: Skin |