peeling
present participle ofpeel
| 单词 | peeling |
| 释义 | peeling present participle ofpeel peel verb uk/piːl/us/piːl/peelverb(FOOD)B2[T] toremovetheskinoffruitandvegetables: Peel,core, andchoptheapples.
Removing the skin or seed from fruit & vegetables
peelverb(COVERING)C2[IorT,usually+ adv/prep] If alayerorcoveringpeels, itslowlycomes off, and if you peel alayerorcovering, youremoveitslowlyandcarefully: We peeled thewallpaperoffthewalls. Peeloffthebackingstripandpressthelabeldownfirmly. Theposterswere peelingaway fromthedampwalls. The newpaintis alreadystartingtocrackand peel. Removing and extracting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Tearing and breaking into pieces peelverb(BODY)[I] If you peel, orpartofyourbodyoryourskinpeels,partsof thetoplayerofyourskincomes off because you areburnedfrom being in thesun: My back is peeling. Skin complaints & blemishes
Phrasal verbpeel away/off Examplesofpeelingpeeling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. No call to care, finally, could be too mundane; what could be more ordinary thanpeelingan egg? From theCambridge English Corpus Larval size is checked at 21 days bypeelingback bark at one end of the billet and measuring the width of the feeding galleries. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite the application of numerous cercariae, there was no evidence ofpeelingback of the epidermal layer. From theCambridge English Corpus This is associated permit prospective studies of greater quality to be with drypeelingskin that itches and feels tender. From theCambridge English Corpus Eggs in the breeding substrate were located bypeelingoff the bark layer of each piece of pine with a scalpel. From theCambridge English Corpus Erosion, skin infection,peeling, hyper/hypo-pigmentation of the skin. From theCambridge English Corpus So visions are immediately conjured up of sunglasses andpeelingbodies lying on beaches and that kind of thing. From theCambridge English Corpus In many major mechanized factories, machinery such aspeelingmachines, splint choppers, veneer choppers, and polishing drums already existed. From theCambridge English Corpus The process can be described as one ofpeelingan onion-layer after layer must be cautiously peeled away. From theCambridge English Corpus We don't know yet, though investigations are graduallypeelingaway the alternatives. From theCambridge English Corpus One cannot imagine her buying a "how to" book to improve her eggpeelingtechnique so that she could feel better about herself. From theCambridge English Corpus Since we cannot construe thepeelingof a tomato as a conceptually autonomous event, the unaccusative (20b) is unacceptable. From theCambridge English Corpus That razor is so bad it'speelingmy skin! From theCambridge English Corpus However, exactpeelingis computationally infeasible for large complex pedigrees. From theCambridge English Corpus Peelingcan be used to produce unbiased genotypic probabilities for small complex pedigrees, butpeelingmay be infeasible for large complex pedigrees. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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