shave

/ʃeɪv/ v. / n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

剃；刮（胡须、毛发）；剃须；刮脸

释义与例句

v. 剃；刮（胡须、毛发）
to remove hair from the skin by cutting it very close to the skin with a razor or an electric shaver
  1. He shaved off his beard after keeping it for ten years.
    他剃掉了留了十年的胡子。
  2. The nurse shaved a small area of skin before the operation.
    手术前，护士剃掉了一小块皮肤上的毛发。
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  1. My father shaves every morning before he has breakfast.
    我父亲每天早饭前刮胡子。
n. 剃须；刮脸
an act of shaving hair from the face or another part of the body
  1. He had a quick shave before leaving for the interview.
    他去参加面试前快速刮了胡子。
  2. You look as though you need a shave.
    你看起来该刮胡子了。
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  1. He went to the barber's for a haircut and a shave.
    他去理发店理发并刮了脸。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 shave 既可作动词“剃、刮”，也可作名词“剃须”；自己刮胡子可说 shave 或 have a shave，把胡子全部剃掉常用 shave off one's beard。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • shaver 电动剃须刀
    可数名词，通常指电动剃须工具；a razor 也可指剃刀，但不一定电动。
  • clean-shaven 刮净胡须的；脸刮得光光的
    形容词，描述脸上胡须已剃净、没有明显胡茬。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • trim 修剪；修整
    shave 指把毛发贴近皮肤剃掉；trim 指剪短并修整形状，通常保留一部分毛发。trim a beard 是修胡子，shave off a beard 是把胡子剃掉。
    The barber trimmed his beard but left it fairly long. 理发师修剪了他的胡子，但仍留得相当长。
常见搭配
  • have a shave 刮胡子；剃须
    He washed his face and had a shave before dinner. 晚饭前，他洗了脸并刮了胡子。
  • shave off one's beard 剃掉某人的胡子
    Nobody recognised him after he shaved off his beard. 他剃掉胡子后，大家都没认出他来。
  • shave one's head 剃光头
    The actor shaved his head for the role. 这位演员为了那个角色剃了光头。