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skinskInnthe natural outer layer which covers a person, animal, fruit, etc., or any outer covering皮肤，皮Strong sun is bad for the skin. [U]强烈的阳光对皮肤有害。Babies have soft skins. [C]婴儿有着柔嫩的皮肤。My father has a rare skin disease.我父亲得了罕见的皮肤病。Native Americans used to trade skins (= the skins of animals that have been removed from the body, with or without the hair). [C]过去土著的美洲人常做兽皮买卖。Tomatoes have red skins when they are ripe. [C]西红柿成熟时有着红色的皮。He slipped on a banana skin. [U]他踩在香蕉皮上滑倒了。Would you like sausages with or without skins? [C]你喜欢带皮还是不带皮的香肠？The bullet pierced the skin of the aircraft. [C]子弹击穿了飞机的外壳。Skin is also a thin solid surface which forms on some liquids, such as paint, when they are left in the air, or others, such as heated milk, when they are left to cool. [U](某些液体置于空气中或冷却后表面所结的)薄层If your skin is thin / thick you are easily / not easily made unhappy by criticism.脸皮薄/厚的I don't worry about what he says--I've got thick skin / My skin is thick.我不为他所说的而烦恼----我有着厚脸皮/我脸皮厚。 [THICK 中的 thick-skinned, THIN 中的 thin-skinned.]He escaped by the skin of his teeth (= he only just escaped).他侥幸逃脱。We had no umbrellas so we got drenched / soaked / wet to the skin (= extremely wet) in the pouring rain.我们没有伞，所以我们在倾盆大雨中湿透了。Jack really gets under my skin (= annoys me) --he never buys anyone a drink.杰克确实激怒了我----他从不给任何人买杯酒。The loud noise made me jump / leap out of my skin (= surprised me very much).巨大的声响使我大吃一惊。It's no skin off my nose / (Am also) back / teeth (= It will not have a negative effect on me) if we don't go to the football match.我们不去看足球赛对我没有一点儿影响。She was (nothing but/all/just) skin and bone(s) (= extremely thin).她瘦得皮包骨头。(disapproving) Skin-deep means not carefully considered or deeply felt.肤浅的，表面的They believe that public concern is only skin-deep.他们相信公众的关心是很表面的。Beauty is only skin-deep.美貌只是表面的。After the first half-hour she realised that her new-found confidence was no more than skin-deep.头半个小时后，她意识到她新建立的信心不过是表面的。Skin-diving is swimming under water with only limited breathing equipment and without a special suit.(不穿潜水服的)潜水The sea was warm and clear, perfect for skin-diving.海水温暖而清澈，裸潜再好不过了。We saw a lot of skin-divers while we were in the Caribbean.我们在加勒比海见到了许多潜水者。(infml) Our local cinema shows skin flicks late at night (= films with a lot of sex in them).我们当地的电影院深晚放映裸露色情电影。A skin graft is skin from one part of the body that is used to replace damaged skin in another part.皮肤移植After the fire, he had to have a skin graft on his burnt arm.火灾后，他不得不在烧伤的手臂上接受皮肤移植。Skin-tight is used to refer to clothes that fit tightly around the body.紧身的skin-tight jeans紧身牛仔裤a skin-tight dress紧身连衣裙
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