peel

Compared meaning: to remove the outer skin or covering (verb).

比较义项：剥掉外皮（动词）。

• skin

  Skin usually means stripping the tough outer layer off an animal or a food like a potato, and can sound more forceful or graphic than peel.

  skin通常指剥去动物或土豆等食物坚韧的外皮，语气比peel更强烈，甚至带有一些血腥感。

  The hunter skinned the rabbit before cooking it over the fire.

  猎人在把兔子放到火上烹煮之前先剥了它的皮。

• peel 本词

  Peel is the everyday word for removing a thin outer layer from fruit or vegetables, usually with fingers or a small knife, common in cooking instructions.

  peel是日常用词，指用手指或小刀削去水果或蔬菜的薄皮，常见于烹饪说明中。

  Could you peel the apples before we bake them into a pie?

  在把苹果烤成派之前，你能削一下苹果皮吗？

Both mean removing an outer covering. Skin strips a tough layer off an animal or a hard food like a potato, sounding forceful. Peel is the common word for removing thin skin from fruit or vegetables. The nouns skin and peel are not compared here.

这两个词都表示“剥去外皮”的动作，含义相近但侧重不同：skin多用于剥掉动物或土豆等坚硬食物的外皮，语气较强烈甚至带有血腥感；peel则是日常用语，多指削去水果、蔬菜等软皮，语气更轻松。这里不比较skin作名词表示“皮肤”的用法，也不比较peel作名词表示“果皮”的用法。