shave vt. (-d; -d, shaven;shaving) 1.剃(頭發(fā));刮(臉)。 2.削;刨;把…切成薄片。 3.擦過;掠過。 4.修剪(草坪)。 5.騙取;強(qiáng)奪。 6.〔口語〕削減(價(jià)格);殺價(jià)買進(jìn)(期票)。 7. 〔美俚〕險(xiǎn)勝,勉強(qiáng)勝過。 8.〔美俚〕減少;減輕。 shaven and shorn 刮了臉,剪了發(fā)。 The car shaved a wall. 車子擦墻開過。 shave the sentence to one year 把刑期減為一年。 vi. 1.剃胡須;修面。 2.勉強(qiáng)通過;善于講價(jià)。 shave a note 〔美國〕殺價(jià)收購票據(jù)。 shave off 剃掉;削去。 shave through 勉強(qiáng)通過;〔口語〕勉強(qiáng)考及格。 n. 1.刮臉;剃胡子;修面。 2.削片;薄片。 3.擦過,掠過。 4.〔口語〕僥幸逃過;幸免。 5.票據(jù)的殺價(jià)收買。 6.詐欺。 7.剃刀,刮刀,削刀;刨刀。 be a close shave 僥幸逃過;九死一生。 by a [close, narrow] shave 差一點(diǎn)點(diǎn);險(xiǎn)些兒;幾幾乎。 clean shave 1. 剃光胡子。 2. 〔英國〕欺騙。 have a close shave of it=be a close shave. take a shave off 削一下。
All male associates should be clean shaven at all times whilst on duty 所有男員工當(dāng)班時(shí)應(yīng)刮凈胡須。
Shaving is most commonly used by men to remove their facial hair , and a man is called clean shaven if he has had his removed totally 刮胡子是男人們最平常的事情,我們往往稱呼一個(gè)胡須刮得很干凈的男人為“小白臉(刀削面、青皮、青光臉、不毛之地… ) ” 。
Col . grangerford was very tall and very slim , and had a darkish - paly complexion , not a sign of red in it anywheres ; he was clean shaved every morning all over his thin face , and he had the thinnest kind of lips , and the thinnest kind of nostrils , and a high nose , and heavy eyebrows , and the blackest kind of eyes , sunk so deep back that they seemed like they was looking out of caverns at you , as you may say 每天早上,總把那瘦瘦的臉刮得干干凈凈。他是薄嘴唇,薄鼻翼,高鼻子,濃眉毛。眼睛漆黑,深深地陷在眼眶里,看著你時(shí),不妨說如同從山洞里朝外望著你。