flake
n
small thin layer or piece, esp one that has broken off a surface or object; small loose bit ?quot;∑ㄓ戎復游鍰逕習湎呂吹模? 小碎片
Scrape off all the loose flakes of paint before redecorating. 先把翹起來的漆皮刮掉再重新裝修.
snowflakes 雪花 * soap-flakes 肥皂片. flake, v
1 [I, Ip] ~ (off/away) come or fall off in flakes 成片狀剝落
The paint on the walls is beginning to flake (off). 墻上的漆開始剝落了.
2 [I, Tn] separate (usu food) into flakes (使)(通常為食物)成片: flaked fish 切成片的魚.
3 (phr v) flake out (infml 口) collapse or fall asleep from exhaustion (因精疲力竭)癱倒或入睡
When I got home from the airport, I flaked out in the nearest armchair. 我從機場回到家, 便一下癱倒在離我最近的沙發上了.
That is the law. You wanted justice, so you shall get justice, more than you wanted.
這就是法律。你要求公正,那么就讓你得到公正嗎,比你要求的還要多。
When work continued, one man lit a cigarette as he was working, but, finding it had a strange taste, he put it out.
隨后他們繼續干活,一個工人在干活時點燃了一支香煙。可是他覺得有一股怪味,他就把煙滅了。
Among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has most interested scientists because of the language they use to communicate with each other.