| 单词 | to shave out one's way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shave out one's way a. To cut off cleanly or closely. Also with off. †to shave out one's way: to get out by cutting down obstacles. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut off or away (with an instrument) thwitea900 telwec1440 mowc1450 top1509 summer top1548 whittle1552 white1567 shave1605 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > through or over obstacles > by cutting shearc1275 to shave out one's way1605 to cut one's waya1616 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 20 He..Shaues with keene Sythe, the glory and delight Of motly Medowes. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia x. 447 She..from his corps his head did shaue. 1665 in Roxburghe Ballads (1887) VI. 437 Brave Smith in the Mary did shave out his way As Reapers do Wheat, or as Mowers do Hay. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vi. 193 The peak [of his cap] was shaved off close to his temple by a ball. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxii They are afeard to show their noses..lest they should be shaved off by our shots. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 164 The Fans, who are very slowly shaving the trees from the top of the hill. < as lemmas |
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