Значение
значений: 13A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.
flakes of dandruff
Flocke
стру́жкаstrúžka, оско́локoskólok, чешу́йкаčešújka
A scale of a fish or similar animal
A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
(разговорное)A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action.
Schussel, Schnarchnase, Drückeberger
A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
A flat turn or tier of rope.
(США, сленг)A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota.
A wire rack for drying fish.
(Британия, неисчисляемое)Dogfish.
(Австралия, неисчисляемое)The meat of the gummy shark.
(Британия, диалектное)A paling; a hurdle.
A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
- a crystal of snow
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
Примеры
предложений: 23Snow fell in large flakes.
The snow-flakes became larger and larger, till they appeared like great white chickens.
Снежные хлопья всё росли и росли и наконец стали похожи на больших белых куриц.
deDie Schneeflocken wurden immer größer, bis sie großen, weißen Hühnern glichen.
Here, snow falls in large flakes.
The snow is falling in large flakes.
deDer Schnee rieselt in großen Flocken.
The snow is coming down in large flakes.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”), from Old English flacca and/or Old Norse flFrom Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”), from Old English flacca and/or Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”) (compare Old Norse flakna (“to flake or chip”)), from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Norwegian flak (“slice, sliver”, literally “piece torn off”), Swedish flak (“a thin slice”), Danish flage (“flake”), German Flocke (“flake”), Dutch vlak (“smooth surface, plain”) and vlok (“flake”), as well as with Latin plaga (“flat surface, district, region”) and Welsh llech (“slate, tablet”). Doublet of plage.
A name given to dogfish to improve its marketability as a food, perhaps from etymology 1.
Compare Icelandic flaki, Icelandic fleki, Danish flage, Dutch vlaak.
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