flake
【小薄片,碎片,剥落,脱落】
"Flake" 主要有以下几种意思,根据词性不同可以表示不同的含义:
1. 作为名词(Noun)
(1) 小薄片,碎片(常用于雪、食物、油漆等)
- A few flakes of snow started to fall.
(几片雪花开始飘落。) - The paint on the old wall was coming off in flakes.
(旧墙上的油漆正在成片脱落。) - She added chocolate flakes to the ice cream.
(她往冰淇淋上撒了巧克力碎片。)
(2) 古怪、反复无常的人(俚语,贬义)
- He’s such a flake—he always cancels plans at the last minute.
(他太不靠谱了——总是在最后一刻取消计划。)
2. 作为动词(Verb)
(1) 剥落,脱落
- The dry skin on his hands started to flake off.
(他手上的干皮开始脱落。) - The old paint was flaking off the walls.
(旧墙上的油漆正在剥落。)
(2) 食物变成薄片状
- The fish flakes easily when it’s cooked properly.
(鱼煮熟后很容易分成小块。)
(3) 失约,临时放鸽子(俚语)
- She flaked on our dinner plans again!
(她又临时放我鸽子了!)
近义词:
- (名词):chip(碎片),fragment(碎片),shard(小片)
- (动词):peel(剥落),crumble(崩裂),shed(脱落)