shave
/ˈʃeɪ̯v/
- n.
- 修面，刮胡子，幸免，剃刀
- vt.
- 修面，剃，修剪，掠过
- vi.
- 刮脸，勉强通过
中文释义来自 ECDICT
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- 英语English
shave
词源说明
Inherited from Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English sċafan (“to shave, scrape, shred, polish”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną (“to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to cut, split, form, carve”).
Cognate with West Frisian skave, Dutch schaven, Low German schaven, German schaben, Danish skave, Norwegian Nynorsk skava, Swedish skava, Icelandic skafa, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (skaban), all roughly “to scrape, chafe, shave, plane, remove the outer lay of”.
释义
动词verb
- 1transitiveTo make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
- 2transitiveTo cut anything in this fashion.
- 3intransitiveTo remove hair from one's face by this means.
- 4transitiveTo cut finely, for example slices of meat.
- 5To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.