1 [T] to take the skin off a fruit or vegetable 削去,剥去(水果或蔬菜的皮):
Could you peel the potatoes, please?请你削去土豆皮好吗?
2 [I,T] peel (sth) (off/away/back) to come off or to take sth off a surface in one piece or in small pieces 剥落;脱落;剥掉 ·
I peeled off the price label before handing her the book.我撕去价格卷标把书给她。
keep your eyes peeled/skinned (for sb/sth)→EYE¹
peel²
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[U] the skin of a fruit or vegetable (水果或蔬菜的)皮:
apple/potato peel苹果皮;马铃薯皮☞picture on page C3 见C3页插图 ☞Look at rind and skin. 参看rind及skin。
peel1/pil; piːl/v 1 [T] to remove the skin of a fruit or vegetable 剥去[削去]〔水果或蔬菜〕的皮: Will you peel the potatoes, please? 你把马铃薯去皮好吗?see box at见 CUT1 方框2 also 又作 peel off [I] if skin, paint, or paper peels, it comes off, usually in small pieces〔皮肤﹑油漆﹑墙纸等〕脱落﹐剥落: My skin always peels when I’ve been in the sun. 我晒过太阳之后总是脱皮。The paint was beginning to peel off. 油漆开始剥落了。keep your eyes peeled at 见 EYE1peel sth off phr v 1 to remove a layer from the surface of something else 剥掉﹐揭掉〔表面的一层〕: Peel off the label. 揭掉标签。2 to take your clothes off 脱去〔衣服〕: Tom peeled off his wet shorts. 汤姆脱去湿短裤。
peel2n [U] the skin of a fruit or vegetable that you remove before eating it〔水果﹑蔬菜的〕外皮: orange peel 橙皮potato peel 马铃薯皮see picture at见 FRUIT 图
peelpeelpeelspeeledpeeling1verb (peels, peeling, peeled)1to take the outside part off a fruit or vegetable: Can you peel the potatoes?2to come off in thin pieces: The paint is peeling off the walls.peelpeel2noun (no plural)the outside part of some fruit and vegetables: orange peelpotato peel