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flay

vt.剥皮,去皮,抢夺,严厉批评

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flay为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:flayer 动词过去式:flayed 过去分词:flayed 现在分词:flaying 第三人称单数:flays

近义词, 同义词

disrobe  divest  uncover  denude  bare  strip  undress  dismantle  take off  cast off  doff  peel  pare  decorticate  excoriate  skin  scalp  flay  expose  lay open  exfoliate  molt  mew    

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assail  attack  criticize  peel  skin  strip    

flay


/fleɪ; fle/
v [Tn]
1 (a) remove the skin from (a dead animal) 剥(死动物)的皮.
(b) whip violently and cruelly (用鞭子)毒打
*He was so angry he nearly flayed his horse alive, ie He beat it so much that some of its skin came off and it almost died. 他气得几乎把马活活抽死.
2 (fig 比喻) criticize (sb/sth) severely 严厉批评(某人[某事物]).

flay


v [T]
[Language: Old English;Origin: flean]
formal to criticize someone very severely
 She was well-known for flaying public officials in her daily column.
literary to whip or beat someone very severely
formal to remove the skin from an animal or person, especially one that is dead