| 词汇 | close-shave |
| 释义 | close shave noun[ C ] uk /ˌkləʊs ˈʃeɪv/ us /ˌkloʊs ˈʃeɪv/ a situation in which you come very close to a dangerous situation: 侥幸脱险，幸免遇难；万幸 I had a close shave this morning - some idiot almost knocked me off my bike.今天早上我可真险啊——有个白痴差点把我从自行车上撞下来。 Synonym close call Compare squeaker Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic hardness have a bumpy rideidiom have someone over a barrelidiom pall purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand rabbit hole scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom Examples of close shaveclose shave Miller was a nervy pilot, with his navigator saying that every landing was a closeshave. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was a pretty closeshave, however, and the original decision represented a failure to recognise the reality of international commercial operations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is true that we have had a closeshave. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It has been a closeshave, but not quite close enough in the circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been some very close shaves by human beings who have very nearly lost their lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their heads were close shaved, their bodies oiled, and they wore only a pair of short drawers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He added that the increased amount of turns needed to hatch eggs can lead to some delightfully irritating close shaves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the way, they have many adventures and close shaves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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