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单词 skin tests
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skin /skin/

noun
  1. The natural outer covering of tissue of a person or an animal
  2. A hide
  3. A thin outer layer or covering
  4. The outer surface other than fabric of an aircraft (aeronautics)
  5. The programs that determine the visual appearance of a document on the World Wide Web but can be substituted without altering its content or functionality (computing)
  6. An integument
  7. A membrane
  8. A wine-vessel made of an animal's skin
  9. A drum (informal)
  10. A cigarette paper for making a joint of marijuana (slang)
  11. Short for skinhead below (slang)
adjective

Of skin

transitive verb (skinnˈing; skinned)
  1. To cover with a skin
  2. To strip the skin from
  3. To injure by scraping the skin
  4. To swindle or fleece (slang)
intransitive verb
  1. To become covered with skin, or with any membranous layer
  2. To slip through or away
ORIGIN: ON skinn; late OE scinn

skinˈful noun (informal)

As much alcoholic drink as one can hold

skinˈless adjective

skinˈ-like adjective

skinned adjective

  1. Stripped of skin
  2. Having skin, esp (in combination) of a specified type or quality, as in fair-skinned, thick-skinned

skinnˈer noun

A person who prepares hides

skinnˈiness noun

skinnˈy adjective

  1. Of or like skin
  2. Thin, esp unattractively thin, too thin
  3. (of a pullover, etc) tight-fitting (informal)
noun (slang; usu with the)

Information.

skinˈcare noun

Care of the skin, using cosmetics, etc

skinˈ-deep adjective

  1. Superficial
  2. Shallow, not deeply fixed

adverb

Superficially

skinˈ-diver noun

  1. Orig, a naked pearl diver
  2. A person involved in skin diving

skin diving noun

Diving and swimming underwater, with breathing equipment carried on the back, not wearing the traditional diver's helmet and suit

skin effect noun

The tendency, increasing with frequency, for an alternating current to be greater in the surface layer of a conductor

skinˈflick noun (slang)

A cinema film in which there is much nudity and sexual activity, esp a (cheaply made) pornographic film

skinˈflint noun

A very niggardly person

skinˈfood noun

A cosmetic intended to nourish the skin

skin game noun

A swindling trick

skin graft noun

The transplantation of a piece of skin from one part of the body to another where there has been an injury, esp a burn

skinˈhead noun

A young person with closely cropped hair, esp applied to a member of a gang wearing simple, severe clothes and displaying aggressive anti-establishment behaviour

skin magazine noun (slang)

A magazine featuring photographs of naked women (or men)

skinnˈy-dip intransitive verb (informal)

To bathe naked

skinnˈy-dipper noun

skinnˈy-dipping noun

skinny latte see under latte

skinnˈy-rib noun (informal)

A tight-fitting sweater of ribbed wool or similar fibre (also adjective)

skinˈ-pop intransitive verb (slang)

To inject drugs

noun

The injection of a drug

skinˈ-popper noun

skinˈ-popping noun

skinˈsuit noun

A one-piece skintight garment worn by cyclists, athletes, etc

skin test noun

A test made by applying a substance to, or introducing a substance beneath, a person's skin, to test for an allergy, immunity from a disease, etc

skinˈtight adjective

Fitting close to the body, like a skin

skinˈtights plural noun

Close-fitting garments

skin wool noun

Wool from a dead sheep

by or with the skin of one's teeth

Very narrowly

get under someone's skin

  1. To annoy someone
  2. To interest someone seriously, to become an obsession with someone

have a thin (or thick) skin

To possess (or lack) a sensitive nature

no skin off one's nose (informal)

A matter about which one feels unconcerned or indifferent because it does not harm or inconvenience one, or because it may be to one's benefit

save one's skin

To save one's life

skin up (slang)

To make a marijuana joint (see the corresponding sense of the n above)

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