| 释义 |
peel1 /pēl/ transitive verb- To strip off the skin, bark, or other covering from
- To strip (eg skin or other covering layer) off
- To pill, pillage, plunder (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To come off like skin
- To lose or shed the skin
- To undress (informal; often with off)
noun- Rind, esp that of oranges, lemons, etc, in the natural state or candied
- A cosmetic treatment in which a layer of facial skin is removed
ORIGIN: OE pilian, from L pilāre to deprive of hair, from pilus a hair; perh infl by Fr peler to skin; cf pill2 peeled adjective - Pillaged
- Bald
- Tonsured
- Stripped of skin, rind, or bark
peelˈer noun - A person who peels
- A plunderer
- A plant that impoverishes the soil
- An instrument or machine for peeling or decorticating
peelˈing noun - The act of stripping
- A piece, strip, or shred stripped off
- The removing of the layers of a paper overlay, to get a lighter impression (printing)
peel-and-eatˈ noun (Scot) Potatoes served in their jackets (also adjective) pack and (or or) peel To have dealings (with) (Scott) peel off - To leave a flying formation by a particular manoeuvre (aeronautics)
- (of a ship) to veer away from a convoy
- (of a person or group of persons) to veer off, separate from the mass
peel2 /pēl/ noun- A shovel, esp a baker's wooden shovel
- An instrument for hanging up paper to dry
- The blade of an oar (US; archaic)
ORIGIN: OFr pele, from L pāla a spade peel3 or pele /pēl/ noun- A palisaded enclosure (historical)
- A peel-house
- A stake (obsolete)
ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr pel, from L pālus stake peelˈ-house or peelˈ-tower noun - (also peleˈ-house or peleˈ-tower; also with cap) orig a fortified dwelling-house, usu entered by a ladder to the first floor, with a vaulted ground floor for cattle, common on the English/Scottish Borders (historical)
- Now a loosely used term
peel4 /pēl/ (croquet) transitive verb To cause (another player's ball) to go through the next hoop ORIGIN: Walter Peel (fl 1868), British croquet player peal2 or peel /pēl/ (dialect) noun- A grilse
- A young sea-trout
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