DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
skinning
剝皮
Skin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinned p. pr. & vb. n. Skinning.]
1. To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. --Shak.
3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]
skin
n 1: a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense
of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
[syn: tegument, cutis]
2: the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
[syn: rind, peel]
3: an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
4: body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt]
5: a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save
his skin"
6: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel]
7: a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from
the skin of an animal
v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble,
shin, shinny, struggle, sputter]
2: bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy
skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: scrape]
3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark]
4: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: peel, pare]
5: strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the
dark and now it's broken" [syn: stub, scrape, abrade]
[also: skinning, skinned]