English Dictionary

skin

/skɪn/

verb

(transitive) To injure the skin of. / (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human. / (colloquial) To high five.

She accidentally skinned her knee while riding her bike.

意味（1）

(transitive) To injure the skin of.

He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.

意味（2）

(transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.

意味（3）

(colloquial) To high five.

意味（4）

(transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).

Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?

意味（5）

(UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.

The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start. Arshavin skinned the youngster at the first opportunity and crossed for Bendtner, who could not direct his close-range effort on target.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To become covered with skin.

A wound eventually skins over.

意味（7）

(transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.

意味（8）

(US, slang, archaic) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

意味（9）

(slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.