Slice



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GRE 红宝书

• v.切成片
• ［英］ v.切成片 ( cut into pieces)
• ［类］ carve : turkey / slice : cake ( 火鸡切成片 / 蛋糕切成片)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (sliced; slicing)

• Etymology: Middle English sklicen, from Anglo-French esclicer to splinter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German slīzan to tear apart — more at slit
• Date: 1551
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cut with or as if with a knife
  • 2. to stir or spread with a slice
  • 3. to hit (a ball) so that a slice results
  • 4. interpret, construe — used in phrases like any way you slice it
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to slice something
  • 2. to move with a cutting action <the ship sliced through the waves>
• ? sliceable adjective
• ? slicer noun

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English sclise, slise, from Anglo-French esclice splinter, from esclicer
• Date: 1613
• 1.
  • a. a thin flat piece cut from something
  • b. a wedge-shaped piece (as of pie or cake)
• 2. a spatula for spreading paint or ink
• 3. a serving knife with wedge-shaped blade <a fish slice>
• 4. a flight of a ball that deviates from a straight course in the direction of the dominant hand of the player propelling it; also a ball following such a course — compare hook
• 5.
  • a. portion, share <a slice of the profits>
  • b. segment, sample <a slice of society>

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