单词 | shave |
释义 | shave I. transitive verb 1. a. < showed him how to trim, shave and properly soften a new and playable reed — Harold Sinclair > < the rims are delicately shaved by steam power — Lois I. Woodville > b. < a red-hot mass which a steel cutting machine was shaving, as though it were cheese — W.J.Locke > < maple sugar … in a bricklike cake which can be readily grated or shaved — House Beautiful > specifically < the paper of the MS has been shaved at the bottom — Sydney Race > c. d. < a smooth shaven lawn > < a frontier that has been shaved of all trees and shrubbery — Claire Sterling > 2. a. < shaving … part of the scalp on aesthetic grounds or to denote a certain rank — A.G.Petitpierre > < shave a patient for surgery > specifically < shave the crown of a monk > b. < hire a ballplayer to shave himself on a TV commercial > c. < shaves the hair off her legs > < got him to shave off his beard > 3. a. chiefly dialect b. c. < new procedures shave … minutes from the unloading process — New York Times > < imports must be cut, armed forces shaved, food rations trimmed — Arthur Hepner > 4. < set the buoy rocking … as she shaved it close — Llewellyn Howland > intransitive verb 1. < shaves with an electric razor > < borrowed a friend's room so that he could shave that morning — Russell Lord > 2. < shaved through the gap with inches to spare — C.S.Forester > II. 1. a. b. c. 2. < took real pride in cutting delicate shaves of cold beef — Katherine Mansfield > 3. a. < felt fresh from his shave and shower — Hamilton Basso > b. < got a shave and a haircut > 4. < it was a shave but we made it > < all-around sportsman — had gone after big game all over the world and had a good many narrow shaves — Max Beerbohm > 5. archaic |
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