Exfoliate

[eks'fәulieit]

解释:

(verb.) grow by producing or unfolding leaves; 'plants exfoliate'.

(verb.) come off in a very thin piece.

(verb.) remove the surface, in scales or laminae.

(verb.) cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters.

(verb.) spread by opening the leaves of.

约西亚整理--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

(v. i.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.

(v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.

手打:奥斯伯特

同义词及近义词：

v. n. Scale off, shell off, peel off, fall off in scales.

格特鲁德编辑

解释:

v.i. and v.t. to come off or send off in scales.—n. Exfoliā′tion.—adj. Exfō′liative.

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