英语词汇“peel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

peel

释义

to strip off an outer layer of (e.g. a fruit or vegetable)

to remove (something) by stripping it

He peeled the label off the can

verb intrans

to come off in sheets or scales

to lose an outer layer, e.g. of skin

[Middle English pelen via French from Latin pilare to remove the hair from, from pilus hair]

the skin or rind of a fruit or vegetable

(also skin peel) the cosmetic removal of one or more layers of skin, esp from the face: compare acid peel

archaic a long-handled shovel for getting bread, pies, etc into or out of an oven

[Middle English pele via French from Latin pala, from pangere to fix]

a small fortified tower built in the 16th cent. along the Scottish–English border

[Middle English pel stockade, stake, via French from Latin palus stake, pale³]

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