flay

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 flā

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fright; a scare. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal
  2. Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking person. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal
动词 v.
  1. To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal,transitive
  2. To strip the skin off; to skin.
    — The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.
  3. To frighten; scare; terrify. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal,transitive
    — If they'd let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape
  4. To lash or whip.
  5. To be fear-stricken. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal,intransitive

词形变化

flays present,singular,third-person flaying participle,present flayed participle,past flayed past fla alternative fley alternative flee alternative fly alternative fleg alternative flae alternative flea alternative flays plural fla alternative fley alternative flee alternative fly alternative fleg alternative flae alternative flea alternative flays present,singular,third-person flaying participle,present flayed past flaid archaic,past flew obsolete,past flayed participle,past flaid archaic,participle,past flew obsolete,participle,past flain archaic,participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
flaying flaysome beflay flail flayer flay someone alive unflayed

词源

词源 1
From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English *flīeġan ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: āflīeġan), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cause to fly”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).
词源 2
From Middle English flen, from Old English flēan, from Proto-West Germanic *flahan, from Proto-Germanic *flahaną.
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