flake

1. N-COUNT A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece. 小薄片 (尤指碎片)

...flakes of paint. …顏料碎片。

Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall. 大片大片的雪花開始飛快地落下。

2. V-I If something such as paint flakes, small thin pieces of it come off. (油漆等) 剝落

They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked. 他們可以看到其顏色褪去的情況和油漆剝落的地方。

3. PHRASAL VERB Flake off means the same as . 剝落

The surface corrosion was worst where the paint had flaked off. 油漆已經(jīng)剝落的地方，表面的腐蝕最嚴(yán)重。

4. N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a flake, you mean that you think they are very unreliable. 不可靠的人[非正式]

Sophie turned out to be such a flake. She said she'd meet me here and instead I'm just lying around this hotel room and I'm totally bored. 索菲原來是這么不可靠。她說過要在這里見我，可現(xiàn)在我只能躺在這間旅館的房間里，感到百無(wú)聊賴。

5. N a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce (魚等的)晾干架