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

    n.

  • a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; tegument, cutis

    your skin is the largest organ of your body

  • the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit); rind, peel
  • an outer surface (usually thin)

    the skin of an airplane

  • body covering of a living animal; hide, pelt
  • a person's skin regarded as their life

    he tried to save his skin

  • the rind of a fruit or vegetable; peel
  • a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal

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