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flaky adj.薄片的；易剥落的；成层的；古里古怪的；疯疯癫癫的；<美俚>不可靠的 (1) 有时成熟的肌肤干燥而且容易剥落。(2) 他去欧洲旅行时故意装成一副古里古怪的模样。 People are flaky (also spelled flakey) if they are wacky and unconventional, but to say someone is flaky is not really a compliment. If you want to buffer the blow of calling your friend an odd-ball, don’t say she’s flaky — say she’s eccentric. Pie crusts, snow, certain rocks, and dandruff can also be flaky, which means that they come apart in layered bits. Flakiness is a good thing for pie crusts, but not for your scalp.

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英 ['fleɪki] 美 ['fleɪki] (1) Sometimes mature skin can be dry and flaky.(2) He plays a flaky tourist visiting Europe. If you are flaky, you are off-beat and you probably don’t function in society quite like everyone else. If you say you’ll come to a party and then forget to show up, you are flaky. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]易碎成小薄片的；易剥落的 Something that is flaky breaks easily into small thin pieces or tends to come off in small thin pieces. ...a small patch of red, flaky skin.一小块发红而且快要脱落的皮肤2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]古怪的；不可靠的 If you describe an idea, argument, or person as flaky, you mean that they are rather eccentric and unreliable.   [disapproval]  [INFORMAL 非正式]He wondered if the idea wasn't just a little too flaky, a little too outlandish.他怀疑这个想法不仅仅是有点太古怪、太离奇而已。

英语单词	flaky
英美音标	英 ['fleɪki] 美 ['fleɪki]
中文释义	adj.薄片的；易剥落的；成层的；古里古怪的；疯疯癫癫的；<美俚>不可靠的
英语例句	(1) Sometimes mature skin can be dry and flaky. (2) He plays a flaky tourist visiting Europe.
中文例句	(1) 有时成熟的肌肤干燥而且容易剥落。 (2) 他去欧洲旅行时故意装成一副古里古怪的模样。
vocabulary简明	If you are flaky, you are off-beat and you probably don’t function in society quite like everyone else. If you say you’ll come to a party and then forget to show up, you are flaky.
vocabulary扩展	People are flaky (also spelled flakey) if they are wacky and unconventional, but to say someone is flaky is not really a compliment. If you want to buffer the blow of calling your friend an odd-ball, don’t say she’s flaky — say she’s eccentric. Pie crusts, snow, certain rocks, and dandruff can also be flaky, which means that they come apart in layered bits. Flakiness is a good thing for pie crusts, but not for your scalp.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]易碎成小薄片的；易剥落的 Something that is flaky breaks easily into small thin pieces or tends to come off in small thin pieces. ...a small patch of red, flaky skin. 一小块发红而且快要脱落的皮肤 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]古怪的；不可靠的 If you describe an idea, argument, or person as flaky, you mean that they are rather eccentric and unreliable. [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] He wondered if the idea wasn't just a little too flaky, a little too outlandish. 他怀疑这个想法不仅仅是有点太古怪、太离奇而已。

Flaky Small Don’t She’s Pie Crusts Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词