Sliver



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.长条; v.裂成细片
• ［英］ n.长条 ( a long slender piece;splinter)
• ［类］ 反义词: slab ( 厚板)
• ［记］ 注意不要和silver ( 银) 相混
• ［例］ a two mile long sliver of land ( 两英里长的一片狭长土地)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English slivere, from sliven to slice off, from Old English -slīfan; akin to Old English -sl?fan to cut
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a long slender piece cut or torn off ; splinter
  • b. a small and narrow portion <a sliver of land>
  • c. particle, scrap <not a sliver of evidence>
• 2. an untwisted strand or rope of textile fiber produced by a carding or combing machine and ready for drawing, roving, or spinning

II. verb (slivered; slivering)

• Date: 1605
• transitive verb
  • to cut into slivers ; splinter
• intransitive verb
  • to become split into slivers

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