资料来源 : pyDict
剥落,剥脱使片状脱落
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exfoliated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Exfoliating}.] [L. exfoliare to strip of
leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.]
1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin[ae], as pieces
of carious bone or of bark.
2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become
converted into scales at the result of heat or
decomposition.
Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\ v. t.
To remove scales, lamin[ae], or splinters from the surface
of.
资料来源 : WordNet®
exfoliate
v 1: spread by opening the leaves of
2: cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
3: remove the surface, in scales or laminae
4: come off in a very thin piece
5: grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate"