flake

中文： 剥落

1. To break or chip off in a flake. · The paint flaked off after only a year.
2. To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. (colloquial) · He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.
3. To store an item such as rope or sail in layers · The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.
4. To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest. (US, slang)
5. To lay out on a flake for drying. · flake a fish

He/she/it flakes · 过去式 flaked · 过去分词 flaked · -ing形式 flaking