bóc

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

verb
to peel ; to skin; to husk

	[bóc]
	động từ.
		to take off, to peel (fruit), to husk, to shuck; to open (mail)
			bóc lạc
			to husk (shuck) groundnuts
			bóc bánh chưng
			to take off the wrapping of a square glutinous ricecake, to unwrap a square glutinous rice cake
			bóc lớp đất đá phủ trên vỉa than
			to take off the layer of earth and rock on a coal seam
			lớp sơn bị bóc
			the coat of paint was scraped off
			bóc quả cam
			to peel an orange, to open an orange
		to remove
			bóc một đoạn đường ray
			to remove a portion of railway
		loot, rob
		bóc áo tháo cày
			to bleed white
		bóc ngắn cắn dài
			to live beyond one's means; bite off more than one can chew