| 单词 | flake |
| 释义 | flake 1. n. & v. --n 1. a a small thin light piece of snow. b a similar piece of another material. 2. a thin broad piece of material peeled or split off. 3. Archaeol. a piece of hard stone chipped off and used as a tool. 4. a natural division of the flesh of some fish. 5. the dogfish or other shark as food. --vtr. & intr. (often foll. by away, off) 1. take off or come away in flakes. 2. sprinkle with or fall in snowlike flakes. Phrases and idioms flake out colloq. fall asleep or drop from exhaustion; faint. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.: cf. ON flakna flake off 2. n. 1. a stage for drying fish etc. 2. a rack for storing oatcakes etc. Etymology: ME, perh. f. ON flaki, fleki wicker shield |
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