单词 | sliver |
释义 | sliver —sliverlike, adj. /sliv"euhr/, n. 1. a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter. 2. any small, narrow piece or portion: A sliver of sky was visible. 3. a strand of loose, untwisted fibers produced in carding. v.t. 4. to split or cut off (a sliver) or to split or cut into slivers: to sliver a log into kindling. 5. to form (textile fibers) into slivers. v.i. 6. to split. [1325-75; ME slivere (n.), deriv. of sliven to split, OE -slifan (in toslifan to split up] |
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