Old English sceafan (strong verb, past tense scof, past participle scafen), "to scrape, shave, polish," from Proto-Germanic *skaban (cognates: Old Norse skafa, Middle Dutch scaven, German schaben, Gothic skaban "scratch, shave, scrape"), from PIE *skabh-, collateral form of root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (see scabies). Related: Shaved; shaving. Original strong verb status is preserved in past tense form shaven. Specifically in reference to cutting the hair close from mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to strip (someone) of money or possessions" is attested from late 14c.
shave (n.)
c. 1600, "something shaved off;" from shave (v.); Old English sceafa meant "tool for shaving." Meaning "operation of shaving" is from 1838. Meaning "a grazing touch" is recorded from 1834. Phrase a close shave is from 1856, on notion of "a slight, grazing touch."
双语例句
1. Monks shave their heads, as do devotees of the Hare Krishna movement.
和尚要剃度，克利须那派教徒也一样。
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2. If you have long curly hair, don't shave it off.
如果你有一头卷曲的长发，不要剪掉。
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3. Body builders shave their chests to show off their muscles.
健美运动员剃去胸毛以展示肌肉。
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4. She had to call a barber to shave him.
她不得不叫个理发师来给他刮脸。
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5. He was conscious of the faint, musky aroma of after-shave.
