skin/skɪn/

n

1. C，U 皮；皮肤

• outer skin 表皮

• a skin disease 皮肤病

2. C，U 兽皮；毛皮

• a leopard skin 豹皮

• A snake sheds its skin regularly. 蛇有规律地蜕皮。

3. C，U (果实等的)外皮

• an apple skin 苹果皮

• onion skins 洋葱皮

词组be in a bad skin 心情不好

• I am in a bad skin today. 我今天心情不好。

be in sb.'s skin 处在某人的地位

• I wouldn't be in your skin. 我不愿意处在你的地位上。

by the skin of one's teeth 非正式 刚好；勉强

• He passed the test by the skin of his teeth. 他勉强通过了考试。

get under sb.'s skin 非正式

1. 使某人生气

• My words got him under his skin. 我的话使他很不高兴。

2. 使某人印象深刻

• His behaviour got the examiners under their skin. 他的表现给考官们留下了深刻印象。

in a whole skin 安然无恙地

• He was hit by a bike but got away in a whole skin. 他被自行车撞了一下，但侥幸没受伤。

save one's (own) skin 保全自己

• He's a man who will give his friends away to save his own skin. 他是一个为了保全自己可以出卖朋友的人。

skin and bones 皮包骨，骨瘦如柴

• The girl is nothing but skin and bones. 小女孩骨瘦如柴。