削xiāo? ? （用刀斜著去掉物體的表層） pare [peel] with a knife: ～ 木頭 whittle a piece of wood; ～ 蘋果 pare [peel] an apple; ～ 鉛筆 sharpen a pencil; 這種金屬容易切 ～。 This metal cuts easily.
? （乒乓球的一種打法） cut; chop: ～ 球 cut; chop
另見 see also xuē。
◆削筆刀 penknife; 削邊刀 edge tool; 削釘?shù)?pegfloat; pegcutter; 削痕 sheeter lines; 削木為兵 pare wooden poles and use them as weapons.; 削木為吏 unable to suffer the humiliation made by the warder even if he is a whittled phoney one; not forfeit one's honour to be humiliated by the jailor, even if he is a wood-engraved one; 削皮 pare; 削片 chip; 削球 {乒乓球} cutting; chopping; 削去 chip-off; 削榫 beaking joint; 削鏨 paring chisel; 削鑿 cape chisel
削xuē? (用刀斜著去掉， 專用于合成詞) pare; whittle; cut: 剝 ～ exploit; 她 ～ 發(fā)為尼。 She shaved her head and became a nun.
另見 see also xiāo。
◆削壁 precipice; cliff; 削壁深壑 steep peaks and deep ravines; 削波器 clipper; chopper; 削發(fā)披緇 shave one's head and become a monk; 削發(fā)為僧 shave one's head and become a monk; 削發(fā)修行 tonsure one's head and enter the religious life; 削價 cut prices; lower the price; price cutting; 削價競銷、自亂陣腳 selling goods at a discount and throwing their own ranks off balance; 削價甩賣 dump goods on the market at a fraction of their costs; 削尖 fine away; 削肩細腰 be slim-waisted, with somewhat sloping shoulders; 削減 cut (down); reduce; slash; whittle down; 削平 scapple; bevelment; 削弱 weaken; cripple; relax; relaxation; put a brake on; deadened; abate; 削鐵如泥 (The sword) would cut clean through iron as though it were mud.; very sharp; 削枝強干 reinforce the trunk by cutting off the branches; 削職為民 reduce an official to the ranks of the people; be dismissed from one's office and reduced to the rank of a common citizen; dismissed from one's office and becoming a commoner; losing one's office and rank and becoming a common citizen; lost office and rank, and reduced to the status of a commoner; 削足[趾]適履[屨] cut one's feet [toes] to fit [suit] the shoes; apply mechanically others' experience; Better change the shoe than pinch the foot.; make fit [place on; stretch on] the procrustean bed; take improper measures; whittle down the feet to fit the shoes; trim the toes to fit the shoes |