Sliver

['slɪvə;'slaɪ-] or ['slɪvɚ]

解释:

(verb.) form into slivers; 'sliver wood'.

(verb.) divide into slivers or splinters.

录入:露西--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

(n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.

(n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

(n.) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

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解释:

v.t. to split to tear off lengthwise to slice.—n. a piece cut or rent off a slice: a continuous strand of loose untwisted wool or other fibre.—v.i. Slive to slide skulk.

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