The old cuticle is digested by molting fluid. 旧表皮被蜕皮液消化。
The reform has hardly made a scratch upon the cuticle of affairs. 改革几乎还没有触到事物的表皮。
The reform have hardly make a scratch upon the cuticle of affairs. 改革几乎还没有触到事物的表皮。
cuticle
[ noun ]
the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
<noun.body>
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
<noun.body>
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
<noun.animal>
Cuticle \Cu"ti*cle\ (k[=u]"t[i^]*k'l), n. [L. cuticula, dim. of cutis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal.] 1. (Anat.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See {Skin}.
2. (Bot.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems.