flake

noun

1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

e.g. a bit of rock caught him in the eye

Synonym: bitchipfleckscrap

2. a person with an unusual or odd personality

Synonym: eccentriceccentric personoddballgeek

3. a crystal of snow

Synonym: snowflake

verb

1. come off in flakes or thin small pieces

e.g. The paint in my house is peeling off

Synonym: peel offpeelflake off

2. cover with flakes or as if with flakes

3. form into flakes

e.g. The substances started to flake

1. 小薄片;(尤指)碎片
A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece.

e.g. ...flakes of paint...
剥落的油漆碎片
e.g. Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall.
大片大片的雪花开始簌簌飘落。

2. (油漆等)剥落，脱落
If something such as paint flakes, small thin pieces of it come off.

e.g. They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked.
他们能看到颜色消退的情况以及油漆剥落的地方。

3. (食物)变成薄片;把…切成薄片
If a food such as fish flakes, or if you flake it, it breaks into small thin pieces.

e.g. Fry until the fish flakes...
把鱼煎成薄片。
e.g. Skin, bone and flake the fish.
去鱼皮、鱼骨，再把鱼肉片成薄片。

4. (疲倦得)倒下，睡下，完全放松
If you flake out, you collapse, go to sleep, or totally relax because you are very tired.

e.g. If he flakes out before I get back, just cover him with a blanket...
如果我回来之前他就困得睡着了，给他盖条毯子就行了。
e.g. Ireland is not for you if you want to flake out on a beach.
如果想躺在沙滩上好好放松一下，爱尔兰并不是合适的地方。

相关词组：flake offflake out

1. flake的意思

1. 雪花：助记:飞在边缘(edge)是小鸟(fledging),飞入湖(lake)中是雪花(flake),飞在空中(air)是本能(flair),飞来的姑姑(aunt)在炫耀(flaunt),锁(lock)到一起是一群(flock),飞出去(out)就遭到蔑视(),后(late)飞来的却在溜须拍马(flatter),

2. flake的反义词

2. 片：黄豆产品及其制造一般来说,黄豆产品的制造步骤如下:先把黄豆壳(hull)去除,再把剩下的豆子滚压成薄片(flake),然后以溶剂去油,回收粗萃取的油,再经水合作用(hydration)沉淀掉卵磷脂后,形成更浓稠的黄豆油.

3. 片状：这是烟草经压饼熟成后,只裁切成薄片状(Flake)的原因之一;其次,由于容许对烟草进行更自主、更进一步的处理,所以,对燃烧速度,甚至风味的控制度,会相应更高.