| 单词 | to shave through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shave through b. intransitive. to shave through: to get through only by grazing (that which has to be passed); figurative to scrape through, barely pass (an examination). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > pass examination to get through1805 through1830 pass1843 to shave through1860 scratch1890 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > through > only just to shave through1860 1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) (at cited word) At Cambridge, ‘just shaving through’, or ‘making a shave’, is just escaping a ‘pluck’ by coming out at the bottom of the list. 1882 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 256 Another who had barely shaved through his matriculation. 1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 45 It would be too late for the straits. You can only shave through at half-tide. < as lemmas |
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