desquamate

vi. 脱落, 剥落, 脱皮

词形变化

desquamated desquamates 三单 desquamates desquamating desquamating 现在分词 desquamated 过去式 desquamated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To come off in the form of scales, to scale.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

peel off

上位词 5

shed slough moult exuviate molt

词源

First attested in 1740; borrowed from Latin dēsquāmātus, perfect passive participle of dēsquāmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“off”) + squāma (“a scale”) + -ō (“verb-forming suffix”).

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