動詞 flay:

1. strip the skin off

1. In his flay, he screwed up her letter and threw it into the wastepaper basket.
   他一氣之下，把她寫來的信揉成一團，扔進了廢紙簍。
2. Last week I saw a woman flay, and you will hardly believe how much it alters her person for the worse.
   上星期我看到一個婦人受到痛責，而你或許不能相信，這使她的為人變得更糟糕了。

flay

v.tr.（及物動詞）
flayed,flay.ing,flays
To strip off the skin or outer covering of.
剝皮：剝去皮或表部表層
To strip of money or goods; fleece.
搶劫，搶奪：剝奪錢或物品；詐取
To whip or lash.
痛打：鞭打或用鞭子抽
To assail with stinging criticism; excoriate.
痛責：以尖刻的批評攻擊；嚴厲地批評

來源：
Middle English flen
中古英語 flen
from Old English flôan
源自 古英語 flôan

【引伸】
flay.er
n.（名詞）