| 词组 | flake |
| 释义 | flake [flaked, flaked, flaking] flake off flake off • flake off sth to break away from a surface in small, very thin pieces - use this especially about old paint or dry skin: ▪ The walls were damp, and some of the white paint was flaking off. ▪ There were ugly patches of red where the skin had flaked off her sunburned shoulders. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑peel off flake out 1. flake out BrE informal to suddenly fall asleep because you are very tired: ▪ He was so exhausted that he just flaked out on the sofa. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑crash out spoken informal, ↑zonk out informal, especially AmE 2. be flaked out BrE informal to be extremely tired: ▪ I'm flaked out now. Could we talk about this in the morning? ■ SIMILAR TO: be shattered, be exhausted 3. flake out AmE informal to forget to do something that you promised to do: ▪ Paula flaked out and didn't get the tickets for the play tonight. + on ▪ Kathy kind of flaked out on us today. |
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