skin
Từ điển Collocation
skin noun
1 covering of a human/animal body
ADJ. beautiful, clear, fine, flawless, good, healthy, lovely, perfect | smooth, soft | translucent | supple, young, youthful | wrinkled | coarse, hard, leathery, rough, tough | delicate, sensitive | greasy, oily | moist | dry, flaky | congested | black, brown, dark, fair, golden, milky, olive, olive-tinged/-tinted, pale, swarthy, white | bronzed, tanned | sunburnt | weathered | pallid, sallow | freckled | raw, tender There was a patch of raw skin on my back where the sun had burnt it. | blotchy | puffy I examined the puffy skin under my eyes. | blistered | hairy | hairless | chilled, cold, cool | facial | bare, naked The sheets felt nice next to his bare skin. | loose I picked up the kitten by the loose skin on its neck. | armoured, scaly the armoured skin of the rhinoceros | dead A lot of dust is made up of particles of dead skin.
VERB + SKIN break, burn, damage, irritate | protect | nourish, soothe | shed This snake sheds its skin eight times a year.
SKIN + VERB glisten, glow Her skin was glistening with sweat after her run. | age They claim that this cream makes the skin age more slowly. | hang, sag | blister, to the doctor.
PHRASES skin and bone The dog lost more and more weight, and was soon little more than skin and bone.
2 skin of an animal that has been removed
ADJ. animal | crocodile, goat, leopard, sheep (also sheepskin), etc.
VERB + SKIN cure, tan
3 covering of some fruits/ vegetables
ADJ. banana, onion, potato, etc.
VERB + SKIN peel off, remove burn, peel | crawl, prickle, tingle Just thinking about spiders makes my skin crawl.
SKIN + NOUN allergy, burns, cancer, complaint, condition, damage, disease, disorder, infection, irritation, lesion, problems, rash | graft | clinic | specialist | care, cleanser, cream, moisturizer, tonic | colour, tone | texture | type | cells, tissue | contact Avoid skin contact with the glue.
PREP. against the/your ~ The sheets felt rough against her sunburnt skin. | beneath the/your ~ Beneath his skin, the muscles were tight with tension. | in the/your ~ The drugs reduce the inflammation in the skin. | on the/your ~ blisters on the skin | through the/your ~ A network of veins showed through his skin. | under the/your ~ He discovered a lump under his skin so he went
Từ điển WordNet
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. An alternative graphical interface for an operating system (OS) or a software program. A skin customizes the look of the OS or program but does not affect its functionality. Programs that allow the use of skins usually make standards available for the creation and distribution of new skins. See also graphical user interface.
File Extension Dictionary
InstallShield Skin File (Acresso Software Inc.)
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
skins|skinned|skinning
syn.: bark clamber cutis hide pare peel pelt rind scramble scrape shin shinny sputter struggle tegument
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