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- a small, flat, very thin piece of something, typically one which has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece薄片, 一小片（尤指裂片、碎片或削片）：
paint peeling off the walls in unsightly flakes
从墙上脱落的斑驳丑陋的油漆片
flakes of pastry.
酥皮片。
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- a snowflake雪花, 雪片。
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- Archaeology a piece of hard stone chipped off for use as a tool by prehistoric humans【考古】（史前人类用作工具的）坚硬石片：
as modifier flake tools.硬石片工具。
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- mass noun thin pieces of crushed dried food or bait for fish脱水食物碎片; 小片鱼饵。
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- N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person〈北美, 非正式〉疯子; 行为古怪者。
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- no obj. come or fall away from a surface in thin pieces剥落, 成片状脱落：
the paint had been flaking off for years.
这油漆多年来不停地在脱落。
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- lose small fragments from the surface表面片状剥落：
my nails have started to flake at the ends.
我的指甲底部已开始剥落。
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- with obj. break or divide (food) into thin pieces把（食物）切（或掰）成薄片：
flake the fish
切鱼片
as adj. flaked flaked almonds.杏仁片。
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- no obj.(of food) come apart in thin pieces（食物）散成片。
词源
- a rack or shelf for storing or drying food such as fish晒（或储存）鱼的搁架; 晒干（或储存）食物的搁架。
词源
Middle English (denoting a wicker hurdle)： perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Old Norse flaki, fleki 'wicker shield' and Danish flage 'hurdle'.
(亦作fake) Nautical 【航海】
- a single turn of a coiled rope or hawser（卷绳或盘索的）一圈。
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1- lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it tangling（为防缠绕而）把（绳子）松松挽好：
a cable had to be flaked out.
有根电缆需要挽好。
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- lay (a sail) down in folds either side of the boom把（帆）在主桅的一侧落下叠好。
词源
early 17th cent. (as a noun)： of unknown origin; compare with German Flechte in the same sense.