flake

1. N-COUNT A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece. 小薄片 (尤指碎片)

...flakes of paint. …颜料碎片。

Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall. 大片大片的雪花开始飞快地落下。

2. V-I If something such as paint flakes, small thin pieces of it come off. (油漆等) 剥落

They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked. 他们可以看到其颜色褪去的情况和油漆剥落的地方。

3. PHRASAL VERB Flake off means the same as . 剥落

The surface corrosion was worst where the paint had flaked off. 油漆已经剥落的地方，表面的腐蚀最严重。

4. N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a flake, you mean that you think they are very unreliable. 不可靠的人[非正式]

Sophie turned out to be such a flake. She said she'd meet me here and instead I'm just lying around this hotel room and I'm totally bored. 索菲原来是这么不可靠。她说过要在这里见我，可现在我只能躺在这间旅馆的房间里，感到百无聊赖。

5. N a rack or platform for drying fish or other produce (鱼等的)晾干架