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N-COUNT
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.
例句
...flakes of paint...
剥落的油漆碎片
Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall.
大片大片的雪花开始簌簌飘落。
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VERB
(油漆等)剥落，脱落
If something such as paint flakes, small thin pieces of it come off.
例句
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。
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V-ERG
(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.
例句
Fry until the fish flakes...
把鱼煎成薄片。
Skin, bone and flake the fish.
去鱼皮、鱼骨，再把鱼肉片成薄片。
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PHRASAL VERB
(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.
例句
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。
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。