| 词汇 | shave something ↔ off |
| 释义 | shave something ↔ offshave something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v a) CUTto remove hair by shaving 剃掉〔毛发〕 I’ve decided to shave off my beard. 我决定把胡须剃掉。 b) (also shave something off something)CUT to remove very thin pieces from the surface of something, using a knife or other cutting tool 〔用刀或刨等〕刮去〔表层〕，把…刨去〔一层〕 I had to shave a few millimetres off the bottom of the door to make it shut. 我只好把门的底部刨掉几毫米才能让它关上。 c) (also shave something off something)REDUCE if you shave a small amount off something such as a price or a record, you make the price slightly smaller or the record time slightly shorter 略减，削减 She shaved half a second off the world record. 她把世界纪录缩短了半秒。 Examples from the Corpus shave off• He said it was good enough for other companies and that he wouldn't shave it off.• Soon it was just clumps and permanently itchy so I asked them to shave it off.• Often he would shave it off, but the next day he would have a beard just the same.• Lomb said the charge will shave 30 cents off earnings for the latest quarter.• My brother-in-law shaved a bit more off for me and I like it.• Lomb said the charge will shave 30 cents off per - share earnings in the quarter.• And that has to be good news for backpackers keen to shave pounds off the weight in their rucksacks.• Shape-Up will shave 25 % off your membership through March 31. → shave something ↔ off at shave1(1) |
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