peel

peel1
verb
  1. [with obj.]remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit, vegetable, or prawn)
    除掉（水果，蔬菜）的皮，去除（虾）的壳
    she watched him peel an apple with deliberate care.
    她看他非常小心地削了一个苹果。
    ■remove (the outer covering or skin) from a fruit or vegetable
    （将水果或蔬菜）剥去（外层覆盖物，皮）
    peel off the skins and thickly slice the potatoes.
    去皮后把这些土豆切成厚片。
    ■[no obj.](of a fruit or vegetable) have a skin that can be removed
    （水果，蔬菜）有可被除掉的皮
    oranges that peel easily.
    很容易剥皮的橘子。
    ■(peel something away/off)remove or separate a thin covering or part from the outside or surface of something
    剥掉；剥落
    carefully peel away the lining paper from the bottom of the roulade.
    小心地从肉卷底下剥掉衬纸。
    ■remove (an article of clothing)
    脱去（一件衣服）
    Suzy peeled off her white pullover.
    苏齐脱掉了她的白色套衫。
  2. [no obj.](of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces
    （表面，物体）剥落，脱落
    the walls are peeling.
    这些墙皮在剥落。
    ■[with adverbial](of an outer layer or covering) come off, especially in strips or small pieces
    （外层，覆盖物）剥落，脱落（尤指以条状或片状脱落）
noun
  1. [mass noun]the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable
    （水果或蔬菜的）皮，外皮；外壳
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'to plunder'): variant of dialect pill, from Latin pilare 'to strip hair from', from pilus 'hair'. The differentiation of peel and pill may have been by association with the French verbs peler 'to peel' and piller 'to pillage'
继承用法
peel off
  1. (of a member of a formation) leave the formation by veering away to one side
    （编队成员）离群，离队
    the pace was much too hot for Beris, and he peeled off after five laps.
    这速度对贝利思来说太快了，因此跑了五圈后，他就掉队了。
  2. (Brit. informal)remove some or all of one's clothes
    (英，非正式)（全部或部分地）脱掉衣服
    you look hot, why don't you peel off.
    你看上去很热，何不把衣服脱掉。
peel out
  1. (N. Amer. informal)leave quickly
    (北美，非正式)迅速离开，快速离去
    he peeled out down the street.
    他沿着街道快速离去。
peelable
adjective
peel2
noun
  1. (archaic)a shovel, especially a baker's shovel for carrying loaves into or out of an oven
    (古)（尤指面包师烘烤用的）铲子
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French pele, from Latin pala, from the base of pangere 'to fix, plant'
peel3
(亦作 pele 或 peel tower)
noun
  1. a small square defensive tower of a kind built in the 16th century in the border counties of England and Scotland
    （16世纪时建在英格兰和苏格兰交界各郡的）堡塔，堡寨
语源
  1. probably short for synonymous peel-house: peel from Anglo-Norman French pel 'stake, palisad', from Latin palus 'stake'
peel4
verb
  1. [with obj.](Croquet)send (another player's ball) through a hoop
    (槌球)把（另一球员的球）传过拱门
    the better players are capable of peeling a ball through two or three hoops.
    技术较好的球员能传球过两到三个拱门。
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from the name of Walter H. Peel, founder of the All England Croquet Association, a leading exponent of the practice
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