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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...
剝落的油漆碎片
Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall.
大片大片的雪花開始簌簌飄落。
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VERB
(油漆等)剝落，脫落
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.
他們能看到顏色消退的情況以及油漆剝落的地方。
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V-ERG
(食物)變成薄片;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...
把魚煎成薄片。
Skin, bone and flake the fish.
去魚皮、魚骨，再把魚肉片成薄片。
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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...
如果我回來之前他就困得睡著了，給他蓋條毯子就行了。
Ireland is not for you if you want to flake out on a beach.
如果想躺在沙灘上好好放松一下，愛爾蘭并不是合適的地方。