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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·fo·li·ate (-at·ed ; -at·ing) ETYMOLOGY Late Latin exfoliatus, past participle of exfoliare to strip of leaves, from Latin ex- + folium leaf — more at blade DATE 1612 transitive verb 1. to cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters 2. to remove the surface of in scales or laminae 3. to spread or extend by or as if by opening out leaves intransitive verb 1. to split into or give off scales, laminae, or body cells 2. to come off in thin layers or scales 3. to grow by or as if by producing or unfolding leaves English Etymology exfoliate 1612, from L.L. exfoliare "to strip of leaves," from ex- "off" + folium "leaf" (see folio). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 exfoliate ex·foli·ate / eks5fEulieit; NAmE -5fou- / verb[V VN] to remove dead cells from the surface of skin in order to make it smoother 使表皮剥脱 • ex·foli·ation noun [U] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·fo·li·ate \ekˈsfōlēˌāt\ verb Etymology: Late Latin exfoliatus, past participle of exfoliare to strip of leaves, from Latin ex- ex- (I) + -foliare (from folium leaf) — more at blade transitive verb 1. : to cast or throw off from the surface in scales, laminae, or splinters 2. : to remove or take off the surface of in scales or laminae 3. : to open, spread, or extend by or as if by opening out leaves < in twenty-three chapters he exfoliates his program of moral transformation — O.L.Reiser > intransitive verb 1. : to split into or give off scales, laminae, or body cells especially from the surface 2. : to come off in a thin piece : scale or flake off 3. : to grow or develop by or as if by producing or unfolding leaves < criticism has exfoliated until the work of art is sometimes smothered beneath it — Malcolm Cowley > |
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