peel /ˈpi(ə)l/
 皮(vt.)削…皮(vi.)蛻皮,剝落,脫皮


 peel /ˈpɪl/ 及物動詞
 果皮,揭片,去皮,皮,嫩樹皮,脫皮,鱗剝,剝(果)皮


 peel
 刪


 Peel n.  A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]


 Peel, n.  A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar.


 Peel, v. t.  To plunder; to pillage; to rob. [Obs.]
 But govern ill the nations under yoke,
 Peeling their provinces.   --Milton.


 Peel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled p. pr. & vb. n. Peeling.]
 1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
    The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.   --Shak.
 2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.


 Peel, v. i.
 1. To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or readily.


 Peel, n. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.

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 peel
      n 1: the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
           [syn: skin, rind]
      2: British politician (1788-1850) [syn: Robert Peel, {Sir
         Robert Peel]
      3: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: skin]
      v 1: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, pare]
      2: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my
         house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, flake off, flake]
      3: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of
         everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night
         for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe,
          strip, strip down, disrobe] [ant: dress, dress]