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单词 by the skin of one's teeth
释义

skin /skin/

noun
  1. The natural outer covering of tissue of a person or an animal
  2. A hide
  3. A thin outer layer or covering
  4. The outer surface other than fabric of an aircraft (aeronautics)
  5. The programs that determine the visual appearance of a document on the World Wide Web but can be substituted without altering its content or functionality (computing)
  6. An integument
  7. A membrane
  8. A wine-vessel made of an animal's skin
  9. A drum (informal)
  10. A cigarette paper for making a joint of marijuana (slang)
  11. Short for skinhead below (slang)
adjective

Of skin

transitive verb (skinnˈing; skinned)
  1. To cover with a skin
  2. To strip the skin from
  3. To injure by scraping the skin
  4. To swindle or fleece (slang)
intransitive verb
  1. To become covered with skin, or with any membranous layer
  2. To slip through or away
ORIGIN: ON skinn; late OE scinn

skinˈful noun (informal)

As much alcoholic drink as one can hold

skinˈless adjective

skinˈ-like adjective

skinned adjective

  1. Stripped of skin
  2. Having skin, esp (in combination) of a specified type or quality, as in fair-skinned, thick-skinned

skinnˈer noun

A person who prepares hides

skinnˈiness noun

skinnˈy adjective

  1. Of or like skin
  2. Thin, esp unattractively thin, too thin
  3. (of a pullover, etc) tight-fitting (informal)
noun (slang; usu with the)

Information.

skinˈcare noun

Care of the skin, using cosmetics, etc

skinˈ-deep adjective

  1. Superficial
  2. Shallow, not deeply fixed

adverb

Superficially

skinˈ-diver noun

  1. Orig, a naked pearl diver
  2. A person involved in skin diving

skin diving noun

Diving and swimming underwater, with breathing equipment carried on the back, not wearing the traditional diver's helmet and suit

skin effect noun

The tendency, increasing with frequency, for an alternating current to be greater in the surface layer of a conductor

skinˈflick noun (slang)

A cinema film in which there is much nudity and sexual activity, esp a (cheaply made) pornographic film

skinˈflint noun

A very niggardly person

skinˈfood noun

A cosmetic intended to nourish the skin

skin game noun

A swindling trick

skin graft noun

The transplantation of a piece of skin from one part of the body to another where there has been an injury, esp a burn

skinˈhead noun

A young person with closely cropped hair, esp applied to a member of a gang wearing simple, severe clothes and displaying aggressive anti-establishment behaviour

skin magazine noun (slang)

A magazine featuring photographs of naked women (or men)

skinnˈy-dip intransitive verb (informal)

To bathe naked

skinnˈy-dipper noun

skinnˈy-dipping noun

skinny latte see under latte

skinnˈy-rib noun (informal)

A tight-fitting sweater of ribbed wool or similar fibre (also adjective)

skinˈ-pop intransitive verb (slang)

To inject drugs

noun

The injection of a drug

skinˈ-popper noun

skinˈ-popping noun

skinˈsuit noun

A one-piece skintight garment worn by cyclists, athletes, etc

skin test noun

A test made by applying a substance to, or introducing a substance beneath, a person's skin, to test for an allergy, immunity from a disease, etc

skinˈtight adjective

Fitting close to the body, like a skin

skinˈtights plural noun

Close-fitting garments

skin wool noun

Wool from a dead sheep

by or with the skin of one's teeth

Very narrowly

get under someone's skin

  1. To annoy someone
  2. To interest someone seriously, to become an obsession with someone

have a thin (or thick) skin

To possess (or lack) a sensitive nature

no skin off one's nose (informal)

A matter about which one feels unconcerned or indifferent because it does not harm or inconvenience one, or because it may be to one's benefit

save one's skin

To save one's life

skin up (slang)

To make a marijuana joint (see the corresponding sense of the n above)

tooth /tooth/

noun (pl teeth /tēth/)
  1. One of the hard bonelike enamel-coated structures embedded in the jawbones, used for biting and chewing
  2. A hard projection of similar function in invertebrates
  3. Taste, relish or appetite
  4. A toothlike projection, prong, cog, jag, as on the margin of a leaf, on a comb, saw or wheel
  5. (in pl) force, sufficient power to be effective
transitive verb
  1. To provide with teeth
  2. To cut into teeth
intransitive verb

(of cogwheels) to interlock

ORIGIN: OE tōth (pl tēth); Gothic tunthus, L dēns, dentis, Gr odous, odontos, Sans danta

toothed /tootht, toodhd/ adjective

  1. Having teeth
  2. Dentate

toothˈful adjective

  1. Full of teeth
  2. Toothsome
noun

A small drink of spirits, etc

toothˈily adverb

toothˈiness noun

toothˈless adjective

  1. Lacking teeth
  2. Powerless or ineffective

toothˈlike adjective

toothˈsome adjective

  1. Palatable, appetizing, tasty
  2. Attractive, pleasant, agreeable

toothˈsomely adverb

toothˈsomeness noun

toothˈy adjective (toothˈier; toothˈiest)

  1. With prominent teeth
  2. Toothsome
  3. Biting (Scot)

toothˈache noun

An ache or pain in a tooth

toothache tree noun

The prickly ash (genus Xanthoxylum), so-called because its leaves and bark were used formerly to make a concoction to relieve toothache

toothˈ-billed pigeon same as manumea

toothˈbrush noun

A brush for cleaning the teeth

toothbrush moustache noun

A small stiff moustache

toothˈcomb noun

A fine-tooth(ed) comb (qv under fine1)

toothˈ-drawer noun (Shakespeare)

An extractor of teeth

toothˈ-drawing noun and adjective

toothed whale noun

Any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, with a single blowhole and simple teeth

tooth fairy noun (orig US)

A fairy who substitutes a coin for a milk tooth placed under a child's pillow

toothˈfish noun

Any food fish of the southern hemisphere genus Dissostichus

toothˈ-ornament noun

Dogtooth

toothˈpaste (or tooth powder) noun

A paste (or powder) used with a toothbrush to clean the teeth

toothˈpick noun

  1. An instrument for picking shreds of food from between the teeth
  2. A Bowie knife (US sl)

toothˈ-picker noun (Shakespeare)

  1. A toothpick
  2. Someone or something that picks teeth, eg the bird trochilus

toothˈshell noun

The tusk shell, Dentalium

toothˈwash noun

A liquid preparation for cleansing the teeth

toothˈwort noun

  1. A pale fleshy plant (Lathraea squamaria) of the broomrape family, parasitic on tree-roots, with toothlike scale-leaves
  2. The cruciferous coralroot (Cardamine, or Dentaria, bulbifera)

a colt's tooth

An addiction to youthful pleasures

armed to the teeth

Armed as completely as possible, from top to toe

a sweet tooth

A taste for sweet things

by the skin of one's teeth see under skin

cast, throw or fling in someone's teeth

To fling at someone as a taunt or reproach

cut one's eye teeth

  1. To cease to be a child
  2. To become shrewd

get one's teeth into

To tackle, deal with, vigorously, eagerly, etc

in or to someone's teeth

  1. To someone's face
  2. In direct affront

in spite of someone's teeth or in the teeth of

In direct opposition to

lie through one's teeth

To lie brazenly

long in the tooth

Elderly, like a horse whose gums are receding with age

set one's teeth on edge see under edge

take the teeth out of

To render harmless or powerless

through clenched teeth

Reluctantly

tooth and nail

With all possible vigour and fury
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