| 释义 |
shave/ʃeiv/ v. & n.●v. tr. (past part. shaved or (as 作 adj.) shaven) 1 remove (bristles or hair) from the face etc. with a razor (用刮脸刀)刮(胡须或毛发) 2 (also absol. [亦含宾]) remove bristles or hair with a razor from the face etc. of (a person) or from (a part of the body) 刮胡须；刮体毛 3a reduce by a small amount (略微)削减，减少 b take (a small amount) away from 减去(少许) 4 cut thin slices from the surface of (wood etc.) to shape it (把木头等的表面)刨成形 5 pass close to without touching; miss narrowly 轻掠，擦过 ●n. 1 an act of shaving or the process of being shaved 刮脸；刮胡须(或体毛) 2 a close approach without contact 轻掠；擦过 3 a narrow miss or escape; = CLOSE SHAVE 侥幸脱险；死里逃生4 a tool for shaving wood etc. 刨刀；刮刀；剃刀 [Old English sc(e)afan (sense 4 of noun from Old English sceafa), from Germanic] |