flay
/fleɪ/verb
with obj.
1- peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass)给（尸体, 死畜）剥皮：
one shoulder had been flayed to reveal the muscles
一只肩膀的皮肤已经剥开露出了肌肉
the captured general was flayed alive.
被俘的将军被活剥了。
1.1
- peel (the skin) off a corpse or carcass把（皮肤）从尸体（或死畜）身上剥下来：
she flayed the white skin from the flesh.
她把肉上的白皮肤剥了下来。
1.2
- whip or beat (someone) so harshly as to remove their skin把（人）抽（或打）得皮开肉绽：
Matthew flayed them viciously with a branch.
马修狠毒地用树枝抽得他们皮开肉绽。
1.3
- figurative criticize severely and brutally〈喻〉严厉批评; 痛斥：
he flayed the government for not moving fast enough on economic reform.
他严厉谴责政府经济改革的步伐不够快。
1.4
- figurative extort or exact money or belongings from (someone)〈喻〉敲诈（某人）; 掠夺（某人）的钱财：
plundering cities and temples and flaying the people with requisitions.
洗劫城市、寺庙, 并强行掠夺人们的财物。
派生词
flayer
noun词源
Old English flēan, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch vlaen.