peeling
剝皮,剝下的皮
Peel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled p. pr. & vb. n. Peeling.]
1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. --Shak.
2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
peeling
adj : having the paint loose and peeling away; "a dilapidated
house with peeling paint"; "peeling row houses"
n : loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming
off in scales [syn: desquamation, shedding]