When someone flays an animal or person, they remove their skin, usually when they are dead.
例句
They had to flay the great, white, fleecy animals and cut them up for food...他們不得不將這些體形龐大、身披絨毛的白色動物剝皮，然后切碎了做食物。To remain together was like volunteering to be flayed alive.再要呆在一起就好像自愿被活活剝皮一樣。
VERB
嚴厲批評;鞭撻
If you flay someone, you criticize them severely for their beliefs, policies, or actions.
例句
...and he flayed those who allowed 'foreign potentates and powers' to violate American sovereignty.他還鞭撻那些允許“外國君主和勢力”侵犯美國主權的人。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
痛打;把…打得皮開肉綻
He was so angry he nearly flayed his horse alive.他氣得幾乎把馬活活抽死。
剝(通常指動物)的皮
You cannot flay the same ox twice.一頭牛不能剝兩次皮。There he was condemned to death by the king, and before being beheaded he was flayed alive.他被那里的國王定為死罪，在被砍頭之前，活活地剝了皮。