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skin

 
 
/skɪn/ noun [C, U]

Translation

BODY the outer layer of a person or animal's body
deri, cilt
dark/fair skin skin cancer50720982111
ANIMAL the outer layer of a dead animal used as leather, fur, etc
deri, post, pösteki
a leopard skin rug5072111
FRUIT the outer layer of a fruit or vegetable
(meyve, sebze) kabuk, deri, zar
a banana/potato skin5292111
LIQUID a thin, solid layer that forms on the top of a liquid
kabuk, üstteki tabaka
A skin had formed on the top of the milk.2111
COMPUTERS the particular way that information is arranged and shown on a computer screen
bilgisayar ekranında bilginin düzenlendiği ve gösterildiği biçim
1398
do sth by the skin of your teeth informal to only just succeed in doing something
kıl payı başarmak; güç belâ halletmek; sıyırmak; paçayı zar zor kurtarmak
They held on by the skin of their teeth to win 1-0.1860
have (a) thick skin to not care if someone criticizes you
umursamamak, aldırmamak, kılını kıpırdatmamak, oralı bile olmamak
926
(Definition of skin noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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