Word · Frequency #10159
flakes
剥落；成片剥落
flakes is the third person singular of flake.
To break or chip off in thin layers; to come off in flakes.
- 1.
To break or chip off in a flake.
剥落或碎成薄片
- 2.
To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
将物品如绳索或帆分层存放
- 3.
To lay out on a flake for drying.
在架子上晾干
分层盘绕；分层叠放；摊成薄层晾晒；剥落或碎成薄片；将物品如绳索或帆分层存放；在架子上晾干
In use
The paint on the wall is starting to flake.
She flaked the chocolate into small pieces for the cake.
Be careful not to flake the dry skin off your sunburn.
Verb forms
base flake · third person flakes · -ing flaking · past flaked · past participle flaked
规则动词：过去式和过去分词加-ed
Connections
Collocations
- flake off
- 剥落
- The paint is starting to flake off the wall.油漆开始从墙上剥落。
- flake away
- 逐渐剥落
- Over time, the old plaster flaked away.随着时间的推移，旧灰泥逐渐剥落。
- flake from
- 从…上剥落
- Small pieces of rust flaked from the metal surface.小块锈从金属表面剥落。
Idioms & figurative uses
- flake out
- 晕倒；失约，放鸽子I'm sorry I flaked out last night; I was too tired.抱歉我昨晚失约了，我太累了。
- flake on someone
- 对某人爽约，放某人鸽子Don't flake on me again; we had plans.别再放我鸽子了，我们本来有计划好的。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
雪花（flake）一片片剥落，联想薄片飞散。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：painting、skin 作为动词时，'flake' 意为“剥落”，多用于描述油漆、皮肤等成片脱落，属于中性语体，在技术或日常描述中均可使用。
Grammar Note
常与off连用，表示剥落
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the -ake spelling and rhyme with flake (same stressed vowel /eɪ/ and ending /k/). Be careful not to confuse with words like 'flak' which sound different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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