peel /piːl/ star2 CET6 TEM4 (peeling,peeled,peels)

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  N-VAR（有变体名词） The peel of a fruit such as a lemon or an apple is its skin. You can also refer to a peel. (果) 皮

  例：

  ...grated lemon peel.

  …磨碎了的柠檬皮。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） When you peel fruit or vegetables, you remove their skins. 削皮

  例：

  She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.

  她在厨房里坐下，开始削土豆。

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  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If you peel off something that has been sticking to a surface or if it peels off, it comes away from the surface. 剥掉; 剥落

  例：

  One of the kids was peeling plaster off the wall.

  其中一个孩子在剥墙上的灰泥。

• 4.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If a surface is peeling, the paint on it is coming away. 掉漆 [usu cont]

  例：

  Its once-elegant white pillars are peeling.

  曾一度典雅的白色立柱在掉漆。

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  V-I（不及物动词） 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. (人) 脱皮; (皮) 脱落 [usu cont]

  例：

  His face was peeling from sunburn.

  他的脸因日晒而在脱皮。

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  N（名词） a long-handled shovel used by bakers for moving bread, in an oven (烤面包时用的)长柄铲
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  N（名词） (in Britain) a fortified tower of the 16th century on the borders between England and Scotland, built to withstand raids (英国)防御堡塔; 16世纪，建于英格兰和苏格兰交界处