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The word "peel" can refer to the skin of fruits or vegetables (noun). As a verb, it means to remove skin, to come off in layers, or to separate from a surface. It also appears in phrasal verbs like "peel off" (to remove layers or separate) and "peel out" (to leave quickly, especially in a vehicle).

The word "peel" can be used as a noun to refer to the skin of fruits or as a verb meaning to remove skin or to come off in layers. It can also be used in phrases like "peel off" for removing layers or separating from a group, and "peel out" for leaving quickly.

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/pi͟ːl/
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](水果)皮,外皮 The peel of a fruit such as a lemon or an apple is its skin.
  [AM 美]
  • ...grated lemon peel.

    擦碎的柠檬皮

  • You can also refer to a peel.(一块)果皮
    • ...a banana peel.

      香蕉皮

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[VERB 动词]剥皮;去皮;削皮 When you peel fruit or vegetables, you remove their skins.
  [V n]
  • She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.

    她坐在厨房里,开始削土豆皮。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]剥掉;剥落 If you peel off something that has been sticking to a surface or if it peels off, it comes away from the surface.
  [V n off/from n]
  [V n with off/away]
  [V off/from n]
  [V off/away]
  [V-ing]
  • One of the kids was peeling plaster off the wall...

    其中一个孩子在剥墙上的灰泥。

  • It took me two days to peel off the labels...

    我花了两天时间才揭下这些标签。

  • Paint was peeling off the walls...

    墙上的油漆开始剥落。

  • The wallpaper was peeling away close to the ceiling.

    天花板附近的壁纸在剥落。

  • ...an unrenovated bungalow with slightly peeling blue paint.

    蓝漆略微剥落的失修平房

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[VERB 动词]掉漆 If a surface is peeling, the paint on it is coming away.
  [V]
  [usu cont]
  • Its once-elegant white pillars are peeling.

    曾经典雅的白色立柱正在掉漆。

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[VERB 动词](通常因为晒伤而)脱皮,起皮 If you are peeling or if your skin is peeling, small pieces of skin are coming off, usually because you have been burned by the sun.
  [V]
  [usu cont]
  • His face, at the moment, was peeling from sunburn.

    那时他的脸因为晒伤而脱皮。

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to keep your eyes peeled→see:
eye
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    peel off

    Oxford peel / piːl ; NAmE piːl /
    verb
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    noun
    peel peels peeled peeling
    verb 1 [transitive ] peelsth to take the skin off fruit, vegetables, etc. 剥(水果、蔬菜等的)皮;去皮 to peel an orange/a banana 剥橙子╱香蕉 Have you peeled the potatoes? 你给土豆刮皮了吗? collocationsat
    cooking
    2 [transitive ,  intransitive ] peel(sth) away/off/back to remove a layer, covering, etc. from the surface of sth; to come off the surface of sth 剥掉;揭掉;剥落 Carefully peel away the lining paper. 小心剥掉衬着的那层纸。 The label will peel off if you soak it in water. 标签浸到水中就会脱落。 3 [intransitive ] peel(off) (of a covering 覆盖层 ) to come off in strips or small pieces 脱落;剥落 The wallpaper was beginning to peel. 壁纸开始剥落了。 4 [intransitive ] (of a surface 表面 ) to lose strips or small pieces of its covering 起皮;剥落 Put on some cream to stop your nose from peeling. 抹点乳霜,以免你的鼻子再脱皮。 The walls have begun to peel. 墙壁开始破皮了。 IDIOMsee
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    PHRASAL VERBS ˌpeel ˈoff to leave a group of vehicles, aircraft, etc. and turn to one side (车辆、飞机等)离队,转向一侧 The leading car in the motorcade peeled off to the right. 汽车队的先导车转向右侧。 ˌpeel ˈoff | ˌpeel (sth)↔ˈoff ( informal) to remove some or all of your clothes 脱衣服 You look hot—why don't you peel off? 你看来很热,为何不脱掉衣服? He peeled off his shirt. 他脱下了衬衣。 ˌpeel ˈout ( NAmE) ( informal) to leave quickly and in a noisy way, especially in a car, on a motorcycle, etc. (尤指乘汽车、摩托车等)喧嚣地迅速离去
    noun _fruit_comp.jpg _banana.jpg 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] the thick skin of some fruits and vegetables (某些水果、蔬菜的)外皮;果皮 orange/lemon peel 橙子╱柠檬皮 ( NAmE also) an orange/a lemon peel 一片橙子╱柠檬皮 compare
    rind1 ()
    ,
    skin
    n.  (4 )
    ,
    zest
     (3 )
    2 peels [plural ] ( NAmE) =
    peelings
    peel / piːl ; NAmE piːl /
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    peel1 verb
    peel2 noun
    peelpeel1 /piːl/ ●●○ verb
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    1[transitive] to remove the skin from fruit or vegetables:  Peel and dice the potatoes. see thesaurus at
    cut
    2[intransitive] if skin, paper, or paint peels, it comes off, usually in small piecespeel from/off The paper was peeling from the wall. New skin grows, and the damaged skin peels off.3[intransitive] to lose an outer layer or surface:  The walls were peeling from the damp.4[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to remove the outer layer from somethingpeel something away/off/back Peel away the waxed paper from the bottom of the cake. keep your eyes peeled
    at eye1(18)
    peel off phrasal verb1peel something ↔ off to take your clothes off:  Tom peeled off his wet T-shirt and shorts.2peel off $20/£50 etc informal to take a piece of paper money from the top of a pile of paper money:  Manville peeled off a 20, and pressed it into the man’s hand.3to leave a moving group of vehicles, aircraft etc and go in a different direction:  Two motorcycles peeled off from the line.
    peel1 verb
    peel2 noun
    peelpeel2 ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable]
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    peelthe skin of some fruits and vegetables, especially the thick skin of fruits such as oranges, which you do not eatrind, zest:  orange peel
    WDF

    peel

    [pi:l]peeled, peeling, peels

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    peeled[1702] peeling[1150] peels[481]
    果皮(55%),剥落(23%),削皮(10%),脱皮(6%),脱衣服(6%)
    n.
    v.剥,剥落;削
    n.(Peel)人名;(英)皮尔

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