shave off
phrasal verbshave something off | shave something off something
- to remove a beard or moustache by shaving
剃掉,刮去(胡须) - Charles decided to shave off his beard.
查尔斯决定刮掉胡子。
- Charles decided to shave off his beard.
- to cut very thin pieces from the surface of wood, etc.
削掉;刨去;切掉 - I had to shave a few millimetres off the door to make it shut.
我把门刨去了几毫米才能关上。
- I had to shave a few millimetres off the door to make it shut.
- to reduce a number by a very small amount
(微量地)减少,缩小 - He shaved a tenth of a second off the world record.
他把世界纪录缩短了十分之一秒。
- He shaved a tenth of a second off the world record.