a thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion (切下的)薄片 four slices of bread. 四片面包。 potato slices. 土豆片。 ■a portion or share of something 部分;份 local authorities control a huge slice of public spending. 地方当局控制着公共支出中很大一部分。
(Golf)a stroke which makes the ball curve away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left), typically inadvertently (高尔夫)侧旋转,侧曲线球 ■(in other sports) a shot or stroke made with glancing contact so that the ball travels forward spinning (其他体育项目中的)斜切打;削球
a utensil with a broad, flat blade for lifting foods such as cake and fish 锅铲
verb [with obj.]
cut (something, especially food) into slices 把…切成(薄)片 slice the onion into rings. 把洋葱切成一圈一圈的。 [as adj. sliced]a sliced loaf. 切片面包。 ■(slice something off/from)cut something or a piece of something off or from (something larger), typically with one clean cut (尤指干净利落地)切,削 he sliced a corner from a fried egg. 他从煎鸡蛋上切下一个角。 he sliced 70 seconds off the record. 他比纪录快了70秒。 ■cut with or as if with a sharp implement 切开;划破 the bomber's wings were slicing the air with some efficiency. 轰炸机机翼快速划破长空。 [noobj.]the blade sliced into his palm. 刀片划破了他的手掌。 ■[noobj., withadverbial of direction]move easily and quickly 轻松快捷地移动 Grimsby sliced through Swindon's defence. 格林姆斯比轻松突破斯温顿的防线。
(Golf)strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball curves away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left), typically inadvertently (高尔夫)打右(或左)曲线球 ■(in other sports) propel (the ball) with a glancing contact so that it travels forward spinning (其他体育项目)削球;斜切球 Evans went and sliced a corner into his own net. 埃文斯迎上去一脚让角球斜飞入己方网内。
常用词组 a slice of the action
见piece 条 a piece of the action
slice of life
a realistic representation of everyday experience in a film, play, or book (电影、戏剧或书中)现实生活的真实片断
派生 sliceable adjective slicer noun
[often in combination]a bacon-slicer. 火腿切片机。
语源
Middle English (in the sense 'fragment, splinter'): shortening of Old French esclice 'splinter', from the verb esclicier, of Germanic origin; related to German schleissen 'to slice', also to slit