flaking
剥落,脱落,剥落度,剥落物
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- : a small, flat, thin piece, especially one that has been or become detached from a larger piece or mass: flakes of old paint.
- : any small piece or mass: a flake of snow.
- : a stratum or layer.
- : Slang. an eccentric person; screwball: My sister's new boyfriend is a real flake—I can't imagine why she goes out with him.
- : Slang. cocaine.
- : a usually broad, often irregular piece of stone struck from a larger core and sometimes retouched to form a flake tool.
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flaked, flak·ing.
- : to peel off or separate in flakes.
- : to fall in flakes, as snow.
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In between the bursts, the snow is very light and a bit icy as warmer air moving in at high altitudes is starting to partly melt the flakes, which then refreeze as they get closer to the ground.
I usually add pepperoni and finish it with fresh basil, parmesan, and chile flakes.
Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with creamy mayo then topped with your choice of crisp, fresh veggies.”
Some predict the first flakes as early as late Saturday night while others hold off any snow until Sunday afternoon.
Sometimes existing tool kits—containing, for instance, simple cutting and scraping flakes—allowed early humans to exploit new resources and thrive under changing conditions.
But really, you know, we both ought to be talking to Wentworth and flaking after his mother and his liver—and things like that.
One day when the boys were flaking spear points, Fleetfoot turned to Flaker and said, “Do you know who made the first flaker?”
Many of the beautiful daggers, genuine works of art, were finished by a uniform, fine flaking down to the close of the period.
The blade edges are finished by secondary flaking with some fine retouching.
The blade and stem edges were retouched by shallow, regular, pressure flaking.