flaky
adjective
(alsoflakey)uk/ˈfleɪ.ki/us/ˈfleɪ.ki/flakyadjective(IN SMALL PIECES)
coming offeasilyinsmall,flat,thinpieces:
易碎成小薄片的；易脱落的dry, flakyskin干燥易脱皮的皮肤
a flakyscalp易脱皮屑的头皮
Fragile and breakable
- breakable
- brittle
- crumbly
- delicacy
- delicate
- dodgy
- fissile
- flimsily
- flimsiness
- flimsy
- fragile
- fragility
- frail
- friable
- ramshackle
- rickety
- tenuous
- tenuously
flakyadjective(PERSON)
informalsometimesoffensive
behavingin a way that isstrange, notresponsibleor notexpected:
Thecentralcharacterof theplayis a flakyneurotic.该剧的中心人物是一个疯疯癫癫的神经质的人。
- Thetruthisactorsare often flaky,unreliableandunstablepeople.
- JaneFondaplaysthesterngrandmotherof a flaky So-Calteenager.
- Theimagesomepeoplehave of achemistryteacheris that of a flakylookingfellowin awhitecoatwriting anincomprehensiblemathformulaon ablackboard.
- She istypecastas a flaky Californiasinglemomwhocooksveganandtalksaboutaurasandstuff.
Stupid and silly
- absurd
- absurdity
- absurdly
- adolescent
- againstyourbetter judgmentidiom
- dizzily
- dopey
- dorky
- dottiness
- dotty
- imbecility
- impolitic
- imprudent
- inhis/her/theirwisdomidiom
- insomeone'sinfinite wisdomidiom
- uncritical
- uncritically
- unintelligent
- unreasonable
- unreasonably
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural