flake /fleɪk/ CET6+ TEM4 ( flaking, flaked, flakes )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  ...flakes of paint.

  …颜料碎片。

  例：

  Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall.

  大片大片的雪花开始飞快地落下。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked.

  他们可以看到其颜色褪去的情况和油漆剥落的地方。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB Flake off means the same as . 剥落

  例：

  The surface corrosion was worst where the paint had flaked off.

  油漆已经剥落的地方，表面的腐蚀最严重。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a flake, you mean that you think they are very unreliable. 不可靠的人 [非正式]

  例：

  Sophie turned out to be such a flake. She said she'd meet me here and instead I'm just lying around this hotel room and I'm totally bored.

  索菲原来是这么不可靠。她说过要在这里见我，可现在我只能躺在这间旅馆的房间里，感到百无聊赖。

• 5. 

  N a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce (鱼等的)晾干架