strip awayvtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat."
(remove)
去掉 qù diào
去除 qù chú
We'll have to use the sand blaster to strip away all that paint.
strip [sth] awayvtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game."