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- a small, thin, narrow piece of something cut or split off a larger piece长薄片, 狭长片; 小片：
a sliver of cheese
一片奶酪
figurative〈喻〉 there was a sliver of light under his door.
他的门下有一道光线。
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- a strip of loose untwisted textile fibres produced by carding条子, 梳条; 纱条, 棉条。
with obj.［usu. as adj. slivered］
1- cut or break (something) into small, thin, narrow pieces使成长薄片; 使裂成小片：
slivered almonds.
碎（片）杏仁。
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- convert (textile fibres) into slivers使（纺织纤维）成条子（或梳条）。
词源
late Middle English: from dialect slive 'cleave'.