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- Dictionarypeel/piːl/
verb
- 1. remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable): "she watched him peel an apple with deliberate care" Similar
- 2. (of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces: "the walls are peeling" Similar
noun
- 1. the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable: "pieces of potato peel"
- 2. an act of exfoliating dead skin in the cosmetic treatment of microdermabrasion.
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peel verb (COVERING) C2 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] If a layer or covering peels, it slowly comes off, and if you peel a layer or covering, you remove it slowly and carefully. （表层）脱落，剥落;剥去（表层），剥去…的壳. We peeled the wallpaper off the walls.
peel翻譯：食物, 除去，剝去（水果、蔬菜的）皮, 覆蓋物, （表層）脫落，剝落;剝去（表層），剝去…的殼, 身體, （皮膚因日曬而）脫皮，蛻皮, （尤指水果和蔬菜被削掉的）外皮。了解更多。
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Peel means to pull or strip off the natural external covering or protection of something: to peel an orange, a potato. Pare is used of trimming off chips, flakes, or superficial parts from something, as well as of cutting off the skin or rind: to pare the nails; to pare a potato.
