shave
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they shave | |
he / she / it shaves | |
past simple shaved | |
past participle shaved | |
-ing form shaving |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to cut hair from the skin, especially the face, using a razor 剃(须发);(尤指)刮脸 Mike cut himself shaving. 迈克刮胡子时把脸划破了。 - shave somebody/something/yourself
The nurse washed and shaved him. 护士给他洗了脸,刮了胡子。 a shaved head 剃光的头 He has completely shaved his head. 他剃了一个光头。 I cut myself when I was shaving. 我刮胡子时把脸划破了。
- [transitive] shave something
to cut a small amount off a price, etc. (少量地)削减,调低,降价
Word OriginOld English sc(e)afan ‘scrape away the surface of (something) by paring’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaven and German schaben.