peeling, press charges, Banana Is Peeled

A $120,000 Banana Is Peeled From an Art Exhibition and Eaten

People watched while a prankster removed the banana, which was taped to a wall at Art Basel in Miami Beach. The artist is not pressing charges.

peel (BODY)
verb [I]
If you peel, or part of your body or your skin peels, parts of the top layer of your skin comes off because you are burnt from being in the sun:
My back is peeling.


The noun peeling has one meaning:
Meaning #1: loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
Synonyms: desquamation, shedding

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The adjective peeling has one meaning:
Meaning #1: having the paint loose and peeling away



dental peeling sponge 這表示法可能有問題、待查明。
2008.01.18
廣榮社推出牙齒美白擦

　　廣榮社推出海綿型牙齒美白擦“Dental Peeling Sponge”。

　　由於人們越來越關心牙齒美白，因此廣榮社和從事贈品製造及銷售的大文字公司（東京文京區）以使牙齒恢復自然白為目的，共同開發了“美白擦”。

　　該產品利用廣島大學的專利技術，使用合成樹脂三聚氰胺來刷牙。壓縮三聚氰胺比一般的牙膏分子細小，可以更輕鬆地清理附著在牙齒小孔內的牙漬。用手指拿著海綿，將刷毛對著牙齒表面，沾水輕擦即可。廣榮社是位於大阪府河內長野市的牙籤廠商。

　　產品為3枚裝，價格為504日元。1月中旬上市。（1月17日 《日本經濟新聞》晨報）

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press charges

PHRASE

If you press charges against someone, you make an official accusation against them which has to be decided in a court of law.

I could have pressed charges against him.

Police have announced they will not be pressing charges.

See full dictionary entry for press