strip Idiome

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strip mall

a row of stores with a small parking lot in front Does the Langdale strip mall have a video store?

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stripped

(See bare bones)

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take a strip off

scold, lecture, give you hell The foreman took a strip off me for driving too fast. He was mad.

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tear a strip off

scold, lecture, criticize, give you hell Kasan's father tore a strip off him for missing a day of school.

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strip down

take sth．to pieces 拆下
He is never happier than when he is stripping down the car．没有比拆卸车子更能使他开心的了。
We'll have to strip down the mechanism to trace the fault．只有把机械装置拆开才能找出毛病。

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strip of

rob of 抢劫；剥去
The thieves stripped the house of its valuables．小偷偷走了房间里的贵重物品。
Man has been stripped of his superstitions by science．科学使人破除迷信。

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strip off

1．take one's clothes off 脱去衣服
She stripped off and went for a swim．她脱了衣服去游泳。
2．remove 剥去（伪装）
Sham is sham and the mask must be stripped off．假的就是假的，伪装应当剥去。
The workmen stripped the old paper off the walls．工人们把墙上的旧纸撕掉。

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Stars and stripes

The stars and stripes is the American flag.

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drag strip|drag|strip

n., slang A place where drag races are held. Before the race Paul loaded his racer onto the trailer to take it out of town to the drag strip for the race.
Compare: DRAG RACE.

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midfield stripe|midfield|stripe

n. The line across the center of a football field; the 50-yard line. The visitors were able to cross the midfield stripe once during the whole game.

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change one's stripes

change one's stripes
see under leopard cannot change its spots, a.

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earn one's stripes

earn one's stripes
Gain a position through hard work and accumulated experience. For example, She'd earned her stripes by serving for years as the governor's secretary and personal aide. This expression alludes to a military promotion or award, indicated by strips of chevron or braid added to the recipient's uniform and known as stripes since the early 1800s.