| 单词 |
flaking |
| 释义 |
▪ I. flaking, ppl. a.|ˈfleɪkɪŋ|
[f. flake v.1 + -ing2.]
That flakes, in various senses of the vb.
1836Lytton Athens (1837) II. 561 The wild steeds..from their fiery breath..Scatter the flaking foam. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 115 Potentilla fruticosa..bark flaking.
▪ II. flaking, vbl. n.|ˈfleɪkɪŋ|
[f. flake v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb.; the condition of being flaked or flecked; spec. an adventitious appearance of light flecks on animals. Also attrib.
1829G. Griffin Collegians xxxix. 184 I'm only sorry I didn't give him a thing more..an' that was a good flaking. 1841S. C. Hall Ireland II. 316 note, My back was sore with the flaking..Flake away, my jewil. 1879Nature 18 Sept. 483/2 He [Mr. F. H. Cushing] accidentally discovered that small fragments could be broken off from a piece of flint with much greater..precision, by pressure with a pointed rod of bone or horn, than by blows with a hammer-stone..To this process Mr. Cushing gives the name of flaking, to distinguish it from chipping produced by percussion. 1902W. Bateson et al. Rep. Evol. Comm. Roy. Soc. i. 47 Flower-colour of First Cross-bred Generation... In connection with the question of colour one point of interest may be briefly mentioned here, viz., the occurrence of ‘flaking’... Such flaking was recorded in thirty-one out of thirty-nine combinations in the first year. 1904Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 224/1 Flaking, a defect in distemper in which the paint flakes off, owing to imperfect adhesion with the surface to which it is applied. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. 591/2 The automatic carrier once more picks them up, to transfer them to the flaking-machine. 1921Ibid. 173/2 The entire flint armoury of Philip Bentley, along with his fire-drills and flaking-tools. 1954S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures x. 293 A small flaking-site at Stake Pass near the Langdale Pikes in Westmorland. |
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单词 flake 释义 ▪ I. flake, n.1|flek|Forms: 4–6 flek(e, 5–6 fleyke, 6 fleake, Sc. flaik......