a rack or shelf for storing or drying food such as fish.
3
Nautical
a single turn of a coiled rope or hawser.
动词
1
come or fall away from a surface in thin pieces.
the paint had been flaking off for years
同义词：
peel offpeelchipscale offblistercome offcome off in layerstechnical：desquamateexfoliate
2
break or divide (food) into thin pieces.
flake the fish
3
fall asleep; drop from exhaustion.
he got back in time to flake out until morning
informal：swooninformal：fall asleepgo to sleepdrop offcollapsedropkeel overfaintpass outlose consciousnessblack outconk outgo outgo out like a lightnod offsack outzone out
4
Nautical
lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it from tangling.
