| 单词 | scale |
| 释义 | scale1 /skeil; skel/ n 1 [C] one of the thin overlapping plates of hard material that cover the skin of many fish and reptiles: (鱼及爬虫的) 鳞： scrape the ~s off a herring. 刮去一条靑鱼的史。 the illus at fish. 参看 fish 之插图。 2 [C] scalelike outer piece on an organic or other object, eg a flake of skin that loosens and comes off the body in some diseases; a flake of rust on iron. 鳞状物 (例如在某些疾病中自身体脱下的皮屑); 鳞历; 鎌锈屑。 remove the ~s from sb's eyes, (fig) enable sb who has been deceived to realize the true state ofMfairs. (喻) 使已受骗者认淸真相。 3 [U] chalky deposit inside boilers, kettles, waterpipes, etc (from the lime in hard water); deposit of tartar on teeth. 水垢; 锈皮; 水锈 (为硬水中之石灰积存于锅，壶，水管等的内壁上的白望质沉淀物); 齿垢。 W, vi 1 [VP6A, 15A, B] cut or scrape ~s from (eg fish) (but de ~ a boiler or kettle 刮除 (鱼等 j 之鳞 (但除去锅或壶之水垢则用 descale) → 2 [VP2C] ~ off. come off in flakes: 一片片剥落： paint,plaster scaling off a wall. 自墙上剥落的油漆 (火泥) 。 scaly adj covered with ~ or ~s; coming off in ~s: 覆有鳞，鳞状物的; 剥落如鳞的： a kettle scaly with rust. 生有锈皮的水壶。 |
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