English Dictionary

flake

IPA（発音記号）

/fleɪk/

動詞

口語 アイルランド英語 俗語 アメリカ英語

To break or chip off in a flake. / (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. / (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers

日本語の意味

欠片状に割れる、または欠片状に削れる / （口語）信頼できない、約束を守らない、不実である / （口語）放棄する、見捨てる / （技術的）ロープやセイルなどを層状に収納する

When the dry plaster begins to flake, small chips fall to the floor.

乾いた漆喰が薄片状にはがれ始めると、小さな欠片が床に落ちる。

意味（1）

To break or chip off in a flake.

The paint flaked off after only a year.

意味（2）

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.

意味（3）

(technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers

The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.

意味（4）

(Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).

意味（5）

(US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.

When police decided to score gamblers, they would most often flake people with gambling slips, then demand $25 or $50 for not arresting them. Other times, they would simply threaten a flake and demand money.

意味（6）

To lay out on a flake for drying.

flake a fish

flakes （ present singular third-person ）

flaking （ participle present ）

flaked （ participle past ）

flaked （ past ）