flaky

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  2. Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans. informal
    — I have noticed that when hustlers upgrade themselves to models (as distinguished from models who have never hustled) they tend to continue being flaky about appointments. On my last trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was stood up twice.
  3. Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction. informal
    — I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.

词形变化

flakier comparative flakiest superlative flakey alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
flakily flakiness flaky pastry nonflaky unflaky
相关词
cornflakey

词源

Etymology tree
English flake
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English flaky
From flake + -y.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary