| 单词 | peel |
| 释义 | peel peel1 —peelable, adj. /peel/, v.t. 1. to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange. 2. to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something: to peel paint from a car. 3. Croquet. to cause (another player's ball) to go through a wicket. v.i. 4. (of skin, bark, paint, etc.) to come off; become separated. 5. to lose the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc. 6. Informal. to undress. 7. Metall. (of a malleable iron casting) to lose, or tend to lose, the outer layer. 8. keep one's eyes peeled, Informal. to watch closely or carefully; be alert: Keep your eyes peeled for a gas station. 9. peel off, a. to remove (the skin, bark, etc.) or be removed: The old skin peeled off. b. Aeron. to leave a flying formation of aircraft with a banking turn, usually from one end of an echelon. c. Informal. to turn off or leave (a road): We peeled off the highway onto a dirt road. d. to remove (clothing) in a swift upward or downward motion. n. 10. the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc. 11. Metall. the presence of a brittle outer layer on a malleable iron casting. [bef. 1100; ME pelen, OE pilian to strip, skin < L pilare to remove hair, deriv. of pilus hair. See PILL2] Syn. 1. PEEL, PARE agree in meaning to remove the skin or rind from something. PEEL means to pull or strip off the natural external covering or protection of something: to peel an orange, a potato. PARE is used of trimming off chips, flakes, or superficial parts from something, as well as of cutting off the skin or rind: to pare the nails; to pare a potato. peel2 /peel/, n. 1. a shovellike implement for putting bread, pies, etc., into the oven or taking them out. 2. Metall. a long, shovellike iron tool for charging an open-hearth furnace. [1350-1400; ME pele < MF < L pala spade. See PALETTE] peel3 /peel/, n. a small fortified tower for residence or for use during an attack, common in the border counties of England and Scotland in the 16th century. Also, pele. [1250-1300; ME pele fortress < AF pel stockade, MF pel stake < L palus stake. See PALE2] |
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