flay

🇬🇧 UK/flei/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To strip the skin off an animal or person; to criticize someone harshly

剥皮;严厉批评

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
flayother
=flay

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Medieval executioners would flay the skin from criminals as punishment.

  • 2.

    The critics were quick to flay the director's latest film as derivative.

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