Old English sceafan (strong verb, past tense scof, past participle scafen), "to scrape, shave, polish," from Proto-Germanic *skaban (cognates: Old Norse skafa, Middle Dutch scaven, German schaben, Gothic skaban "scratch, shave, scrape"), from PIE *skabh-, collateral form of root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (see scabies). Related: Shaved; shaving. Original strong verb status is preserved in past tense form shaven. Specifically in reference to cutting the hair close from mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to strip (someone) of money or possessions" is attested from late 14c.
shave (n.)
c. 1600, "something shaved off;" from shave (v.); Old English sceafa meant "tool for shaving." Meaning "operation of shaving" is from 1838. Meaning "a grazing touch" is recorded from 1834. Phrase a close shave is from 1856, on notion of "a slight, grazing touch."
例文
1. モンクス shave their heads,as do devotees of the Hare Krishna movement.
和尚は剃度をしなければならない。クリシュナ派教徒も同じだ。
2.If you have long curly hair,don 't shave it off.
カールした長い髪を持っている場合は、切らないでください。
3.Body builders shave their chests to show off their muscles.
ボディービル選手は胸毛を剃って筋肉を見せる。
4.She had to call a barber to shave him.
彼女は理髪師を呼んで顔を剃らなければならなかった。
5.He was conscious of the faint,musky aroma of after- shave .