peel /piːl/ CET6 TEM4 ( peeling, peeled, peels )

• 1. 

  N-VAR The peel of a fruit such as a lemon or an apple is its skin. You can also refer to a peel. (果) 皮

  例：

  ...grated lemon peel.

  …磨碎了的柠檬皮。

  例：

  ...a banana peel.

  …一块香蕉皮。

• 2. 

  V-T When you peel fruit or vegetables, you remove their skins. 削皮

  例：

  She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.

  她在厨房里坐下，开始削土豆。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you peel off something that has been sticking to a surface or if it peels off, it comes away from the surface. 剥掉; 剥落

  例：

  One of the kids was peeling plaster off the wall.

  其中一个孩子在剥墙上的灰泥。

  例：

  It took me two days to peel off the labels.

  我花了两天时间才剥掉那些标签。

  例：

  Paint was peeling off the walls.

  墙上的漆正在剥落。

• 4. 

  V-I If a surface is peeling, the paint on it is coming away. 掉漆 [usu cont]

  例：

  Its once-elegant white pillars are peeling.

  曾一度典雅的白色立柱在掉漆。

• 5. 

  V-I If you are peeling or if your skin is peeling, small pieces of skin are coming off, usually because you have been burned by the sun. (人) 脱皮; (皮) 脱落 [usu cont]

  例：

  His face was peeling from sunburn.

  他的脸因日晒而在脱皮。

• 6. 

  N a long-handled shovel used by bakers for moving bread, in an oven (烤面包时用的)长柄铲

• 7. 

  N (in Britain) a fortified tower of the 16th century on the borders between England and Scotland, built to withstand raids (英国)防御堡塔; 16世纪，建于英格兰和苏格兰交界处