skinning [
skɪn]
[化] 结皮现象
Skin \Skin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Skinning}.]
1. To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to
skin an animal.
2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover
superficially.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
--Shak.
3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]
- I don't know anything about skinning cats, but I do know there's more than one way to write a play.
- Her 70-year-old son carried her to the ballot box, but on the way he slipped and Mrs. Davi fell to the ground, skinning her elbow.