Shavings are the very thin curls or flakes that come off when you run a sharp blade across a surface. The picture most people have is wood: a plane or a knife slides along a plank and pale curls pile up — wood shavings.

Shavings刨花 are the very thin curls or flakes指的是非常薄的捲片或碎片 that come off when you run a sharp blade across a surface在表面上滑過鋒利的刀刃時削下來的。 The picture most people have is wood大部分人腦中的畫面是木頭: a plane or a knife slides along a plank刨刀或刀子沿著木板滑過去 and而 pale curls pile up淺色的捲片就堆起來了 — wood shavings也就是木屑刨花。

Cooks use the same word for chocolate or cheese scraped into thin bits and sprinkled on a cake or pasta.

Cooks use the same word廚師也會用同一個字 for chocolate or cheese scraped into thin bits來指刮成薄片的巧克力或起司 and而 sprinkled on a cake or pasta撒在蛋糕或義大利麵上的那種。

The word is almost always plural. One tiny piece can be a shaving, but we rarely bother; we name the stuff, not each flake.

The word is almost always plural這個字幾乎都用複數。 One tiny piece can be a shaving一小片可以叫做a shaving（單數）, but不過 we rarely bother我們很少這樣講; we name the stuff, not each flake我們講的是這堆東西整體，而不是一片一片。

It is not the tool and not the action (that is shaving). Though actually, it is not the same as sawdust: sawdust is more like powder from a saw; shavings are the thin curls a blade peels off.

It is not the tool and not the action它不是工具，也不是動作 (that is shaving)（動作叫shaving）。 Though actually不過其實, it is not the same as sawdust它跟sawdust（木屑粉）不一樣: sawdust is more like powder from a sawsawdust比較像鋸子鋸出來的粉末; shavings are the thin curls a blade peels offshavings則是刀刃削出來的薄捲片。

In a workshop they are mess; in a kitchen they are decoration. Same shape of thing.

In a workshop they are mess在工作坊裡它們是垃圾; in a kitchen they are decoration在廚房裡它們卻是裝飾。 Same shape of thing不過形狀是一樣的東西。