flay

flay
verb
  1. [with obj.]peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass)
    给（尸体，死畜）剥皮
    one shoulder had been flayed to reveal the muscles.
    一只肩膀的皮肤已经剥开露出了肌肉。
    the captured general was flayed alive.
    被俘的将军被活剥了。
    ■peel (the skin) off a corpse or carcass
    把（皮肤）从尸体（或死畜）身上剥下来
    she flayed the white skin from the flesh.
    她把肉上的白皮肤剥了下来。
    ■whip or beat (someone) so harshly as to remove their skin
    把（人）抽（或打）得皮开肉绽
    Matthew flayed them viciously with a branch.
    马修恶毒地用树枝抽得他们皮开肉绽。
    ■(figurative)criticize severely and brutally
    (喻)严厉冷酷地批评
    he flayed the government for not moving fast enough on economic reform.
    他严厉谴责政府经济改革的步伐不够快。
    ■(figurative)extort or exact money or belongings from (someone)
    (喻)敲诈（某人）；掠夺（某人）的钱财
    plundering cities and temples and flaying the people with requisitions.
    洗劫城市、寺庙，并强行掠夺人们的财物。
派生
flayer
noun
语源
  1. Old English flēan, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch vlaen
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