| 单词 | sleave |
| 释义 | sleave[ sleev ] / sliv / verb (used with object), sleaved, sleav·ing.to divide or separate into filaments, as silk. nounanything matted or raveled. a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread. a silk in the form of such filaments. Origin of sleave1585–95; Old English -slǣfan (only in the compound tōslǣfan), akin to slīfan to split; see sliver OTHER WORDS FROM sleaveun·sleaved, adjectiveWords nearby sleaveSlayton, SLBM, SLCM, sld., SLE, sleave, sleaze, sleazebag, sleazeball, sleaze factor, sleazy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sleave
British Dictionary definitions for sleavesleave / (sliːv) / nouna tangled thread a thin filament unravelled from a thicker thread mainly poetic anything matted or complicated verbto disentangle (twisted thread, etc) Word Origin for sleaveOld English slǣfan to divide; related to Middle Low German slēf, Norwegian sleiv big spoon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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