| 单词 | skin |
| 释义 | skin n. & v. --n 1. the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2. a the skin of a flayed animal with or without the hair etc. b a material prepared from skins esp. of smaller animals (opp. HIDE(2)). 3. a person's skin with reference to its colour or complexion (has a fair skin). 4. an outer layer or covering, esp. the coating of a plant, fruit, or sausage. 5. a film like skin on the surface of a liquid etc. 6. a container for liquid, made of an animal's whole skin. 7. a the planking or plating of a ship or boat, inside or outside the ribs. b the outer covering of any craft or vehicle, esp. an aircraft or spacecraft. 8. Brit. sl. a skinhead. 9. US Cards a game in which each player has one card which he bets will not be the first to be matched by a card dealt from the pack. 10. = gold-beater's skin. 11. a duplicating stencil. --v (skinned, skinning) 1. tr. remove the skin from. 2. (often foll. by over) a tr. cover (a sore etc.) with or as with skin. b intr. (of a wound etc.) become covered with new skin. 3. tr. sl. fleece or swindle. Phrases and idioms be skin and bone be very thin. by (or with) the skin of one's teeth by a very narrow margin. change one's skin undergo an impossible change of character etc. get under a person's skin colloq. interest or annoy a person intensely. have a thick (or thin) skin be insensitive (or sensitive) to criticism etc. no skin off one's nose colloq. a matter of indifference or even benefit to one. skin-deep (of a wound, or of an emotion, an impression, beauty, etc.) superficial, not deep or lasting. skin-diver a person who swims underwater without a diving-suit, usu. in deep water with an aqualung and flippers. skin-diving such swimming. skin effect Electr. the tendency of a high-frequency alternating current to flow through the outer layer only of a conductor. skin-flick sl. an explicitly pornographic film. skin-food a cosmetic intended to improve the condition of the skin. skin friction friction at the surface of a solid and a fluid in relative motion. skin game US sl. a swindling game. skin-graft 1. the surgical transplanting of skin. 2. a piece of skin transferred in this way. skin test a test to determine whether an immune reaction is elicited when a substance is applied to or injected into the skin. skin-tight (of a garment) very close-fitting. to the skin through all one's clothing (soaked to the skin). with a whole skin unwounded. Derivatives skinless adj. skin-like adj. skinned adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE scin(n) f. ON skinn |
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