Word · Frequency #1289
skin
剥皮；去皮
To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
- 1.
To injure the skin of.
擦破...的皮肤
- 2.
To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
剥去动物或人类的皮和毛
- 3.
To become covered with skin or a skin-like layer.
表面覆盖一层皮或类似皮的物质
- 4.
To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
用皮覆盖,或像用皮覆盖；表面覆盖
- 5.
To remove the top layers of paint from, revealing parts of the underlying medium or canvas.
去除顶层油漆,露出底层介质或画布
擦破…的皮；擦伤（皮肤）；愈合；结痂；用皮覆盖；给…蒙上皮；刮去表层颜料；擦破...的皮肤
In use
If you fall while running, you might skin your knee.
He skinned his elbow when he tried to catch the bus.
I'm always skinning my knuckles when I fix old furniture.
skin sth
通常指剥动物的皮或水果的皮。
He skinned the rabbit.
他剥了兔子的皮。
skin oneself/one's body part
常用于描述擦伤皮肤。
She fell and skinned her knee.
她摔倒了，擦破了膝盖。
skin over
指伤口愈合长出新皮。
The wound skinned over in a week.
伤口一周后愈合了。
Connections
Collocations
- skin your knee
- 擦破膝盖的皮；擦伤膝盖
- I fell off my bike and skinned my knee.我从自行车上摔了下来，擦破了膝盖。
- skin a rabbit
- 给兔子剥皮
- She skinned the rabbit before cooking it.她在烹饪前先给兔子剥了皮。
- skin over
- （伤口）愈合，长出新皮
- The cut on my hand has skinned over.我手上的伤口已经长好了。
- skin someone alive
- 扒某人的皮（威胁要严厉惩罚）
- If I break his phone, he'll skin me alive.如果我弄坏他的手机，他会扒了我的皮。
- skin a cat
- （谚语）做成一件事的方法不止一种
- There's more than one way to skin a cat.做成一件事的方法不止一种。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把skin想成动物身上的一层外衣，动词skin就是把这层外衣剥掉或擦破。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports injuries、outdoor accidents、casual storytelling 此处指“擦破…的皮肤”这一动词义项，多用于日常口语和一般叙事，如运动或意外中擦伤膝盖；正式或专业文体中较少出现。
Grammar Note
作为动词，及物时表示剥皮，不及物时表示愈合或长皮。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 skin /skɪn/ 押韵，均以 /ɪn/ 结尾。注意别混淆拼写相似的词，如 ski /skiː/、skit /skɪt/，它们发音不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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