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scale1/skeil/ n. & v.●n. 1 each of the small thin bony or horny overlapping plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles 鳞；鳞片 2 something resembling a fish scale, esp. 鳞状物(尤指): a a pod or husk 鳞苞；果壳 b a flake of skin; a scab (皮肤上的)鳞屑；痂 c a rudimentary leaf, feather, or bract 苞叶；绒羽 d each of the structures covering the wings of butterflies and moths (蝴蝶或蛾的)翅瓣 e Bot. a layer of a bulb 【植】鳞茎的一层 3a a flake formed on the surface of rusty iron 铁鳞 b a thick white deposit formed in a kettle, boiler, etc. by the action of heat on water (锅炉、水壶等的)水垢；水锈 4 plaque formed on teeth 牙垢 ●v. 1 tr. remove scale or scales from (fish, nuts, iron, etc.) 刮鱼鳞；去果壳；刮去(铁等)的氧化皮 2 tr. remove plaque from (teeth) by scraping 剔牙垢 3 intr.a (of skin, metal, etc.) form, come off in, or drop, scales (皮肤)长皮屑；(金属等)生锈皮 b (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 off) (of scales) come off (鳞片)脱落，剥落 □ scales fall from a person's eyes a person is no longer deceived (cf. 参见 Acts 9:18) (《使徒行传》 9:18) 障眼物从眼睛里掉出来；某人不再受骗 □ scaled adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ scaleless /ˈskeillis/ adj.□ scaler n.[Middle English via Old French escale from Germanic: related to SCALE2] |