flake

• اسم يدل على قطعة صغيرة رقيقة مسطحة من مادة ما، غالبًا ما تكون قد انفصلت أو تقشرت عن سطح أو جسم أكبر. ويُستعمل أيضًا للإشارة إلى بلورة ثلجية صغيرة أو رقاقة من مادة كالدهان.

A noun referring to a small, thin, flat piece of something, often broken or detached from a larger surface or substance.

1. Small, thin pieceA2formal

   A small, thin, flat piece of something, often broken off from a larger object.

   رُقاقة

   • Snowflakes fell gently from the sky.
   • He brushed a flake of paint off his shoulder.
   • The pastry was covered in golden flakes.

   المرادفاتbitchipfragmentparticlescaleshardsliverspeck

2. Unreliable personB2informalamerican

   A person who is unreliable, forgetful, or fails to follow through on commitments.

   شخص غير موثوق

   • Don't invite him; he's a total flake and never shows up.
   • She's such a flake; she canceled our plans at the last minute again.
   • I thought he was serious, but he turned out to be a flake.

   المرادفاتno-showspace cadet

• فعل يعني التفتّت أو الانفصال إلى قطع رقيقة صغيرة، أو (بشكل غير رسمي) عدم الوفاء بالوعد أو إلغاء الخطط في اللحظة الأخيرة.

A verb meaning to fall away or come off in small, thin pieces, or (informally) to fail to follow through on a commitment or cancel plans at the last minute.

1. Fail to follow throughB2informalamerican

   To cancel plans or fail to show up at the last minute, often without a good reason.

   التخلف عن الموعد

   • He said he would come to the party but he flaked on us.
   • She flaked on our meeting twice this week.
   • Don't flake on me again; we need to finish this project.

   المرادفاتback outbailbeg offchicken outditchdrop outno-showstand up

   الأضدادappearattendcommitshow

2. Come off in small piecesB1formal

   To break or peel off in thin, small pieces.

   تقشّر

   • The paint on the old wall is starting to flake.
   • Dry skin can flake off after sunburn.
   • The pastry flakes beautifully when you cut it.

   المرادفاتchipexfoliatepeelscaleslough

   الأضدادadhereattachstick

الصيغ المركّبةflake offflake out