词典释义：
a small, flat, very thin piece of something, typically one which has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece
薄片，一小片（尤指裂片、碎片或削片）
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paint peeling off the walls in unsightly flakes 从墙上脱落的斑驳丑陋的油漆片
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flakes of pastry .酥皮片。
a snowflake
雪花，雪片。
【考古】 （史前人类用作工具的）坚硬石片
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[as modifier]
flake tools .硬石片工具。
[mass noun]thin pieces of crushed dried food or bait for fish
脱水食物碎片；小片鱼饵。
〈北美，非正式〉 疯子；行为古怪者。
[no obj.]come or fall away from a surface in thin pieces
剥落，成片状脱落
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the paint had been flaking off for years .这油漆多年来不停地在脱落。
lose small fragments from the surface
表面片状剥落
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my nails have started to flake at the ends .我的指甲底部已开始剥落。
[with obj.]break or divide (food) into thin pieces
把（食物）切（或掰）成薄片
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flake the fish 切鱼片
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[as adj.
flaked ]flaked almonds .杏仁片。
[no obj.](of food)come apart in thin pieces
（食物）散成片。
a rack or shelf for storing or drying food such as fish
晒（或储存）鱼的搁架；晒干（或储存）食物的搁架。
〈非正式〉 入睡；筋疲力尽。
a single turn of a coiled rope or hawser
（卷绳或盘索的）一圈。
lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it tangling
（为防缠绕而）把（绳子）松松挽好
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a cable had to be flaked out .有根电缆需要挽好。
lay (a sail) down in folds either side of the boom
把（帆）在主桅的一侧落下叠好。
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