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And the good little flake¹
That up in the sky,
Had looked on the earth
With a tear in its eye,
At sound of the bells
Fairly shone with delight,
For Christmas had come,
And the world was in white,
And Santa had been
At the dead of the night,
In his reindeer² sleigh,
And was safe out of sight.

1 flake   

v.使成薄片；雪片般落下；n.薄片

参考例句：

• Drain the salmon,discard the skin,crush the bones and flake the salmon with a fork.将鲑鱼沥干，去表皮，粉碎鱼骨并用餐叉子将鱼肉切成小薄片状。
• The paint's beginning to flake.油漆开始剥落了。

2 reindeer   

n.驯鹿

参考例句：

• The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来。
• The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.驯鹿时代人的生活是一种边区生活。