shave1/ʃev; ʃeIv/v [I,T] to cut off hair from the skin on your face, legs etc, using a RAZOR 剃﹐刮: He washed and shaved. 他洗了脸刮了胡子。shave sth off I’ve decided to shave off my beard. 我决定把胡子给剃了。—shaven adj : his shaven head 他剃光的头
shave2n 1 [C usually singular 一般用单数] if a man has a shave, he shaves the hair growing on his face 剃胡子﹐刮脸2 a close shave a situation in which you only just avoid an accident or something bad 侥幸的脱险