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shaven 音标拼音: [ʃ'evən] a. 修过脸的,刮过脸的,削发的
n.
vbl. shave的过去分词 修过脸的,刮过脸的,削发的 shave的过去分词 shaven adj 1: having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin [ synonym: { shaven}, { shaved}] [ ant: { unshaved}, { unshaven}] Shave \ Shave\, v. t. [ imp. { Shaved} ( sh[= a] vd); p. p. { Shaved} or { Shaven} ( sh[= a] v"' n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Shaving}.] [ OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska` ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. { Scab}, { Shaft}, { Shape}.] 1. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself. [ 1913 Webster] I' ll shave your crown for this. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. -- Gay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices. [ 1913 Webster] Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. [ 1913 Webster] Now shaves with level wing the deep. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] { To shave a note}, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [ Cant, U. S.] [ 1913 Webster]
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