Definition

1. Verb:
   • To peel: To remove the outer skin or covering from something, such as a fruit or vegetable.
   • To shell: To remove the hard outer layer from something, such as a nut or egg.
   • To bark / to decorticate: To strip the bark or outer layer from a tree or plant.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy đang lột vỏ cam. (She is peeling an orange.)
  • Anh ấy lột vỏ trứng luộc. (He is shelling a boiled egg.)
  • Người nông dân lột vỏ cây. (The farmer is stripping the bark from the tree.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can be used figuratively to describe exposing the truth or the core of a matter by removing superficial layers.
  • Nhà báo đó có tài lột vỏ sự thật. (That journalist has a talent for peeling away layers to reveal the truth.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bóc vỏ (v): A near-synonym often used interchangeably for peeling fruits or vegetables.

  • Bóc vỏ chuối. (To peel a banana.)

• Tước vỏ (v): To strip or peel off, often used for bark or fibrous materials.

  • Tước vỏ cây tre. (To strip the bark from bamboo.)

Synonyms

• Peel: To remove the skin of a fruit or vegetable.
• Shell: To remove the shell from an egg or nut.
• Decorticate: To remove the bark, husk, or outer layer, especially from a plant.

Related Idioms

• Lột mặt nạ: Literally "to peel off the mask," meaning to expose someone's true nature or to unmask a deception.
  • Bài phóng sự đã lột mặt nạ tên tội phạm. (The investigative report unmasked the criminal.)