| 单词 | shear |
| 释义 | shearWord family nounshearershearingshearlingshearsshearmanshearwaterverbshear Agriculture shear /ʃɪə $ ʃɪr/ verb (past tensepst sheared, past participlepp sheared or shorn /ʃɔːn $ ʃɔːrn/) [transitiveT] → sheer1. TAto cut the wool off a sheep 给〔羊〕剪羊毛 2 literaryCUT to cut off someone’s hair 给〔某人〕剪〔头发〕 Her long fair hair had been shorn. 她长长的金发已经剪掉了。 3 be shorn of something to have something valuable or important taken away from you 被剥夺了某事物 Though shorn of some of its powers, the party remains in control. 虽然被削去了一些权力，该党仍然掌握着控制权。 4 shear off phrasal verbphr v if part of something shears off, or is sheared off, it suddenly becomes separated, especially after being pulled or hit with a lot of force 折断，扭断；剪断 shear something ↔ off The left wing had been almost completely sheared off. 左翼几乎完全折断了。 Examples from the Corpus shear• Farmers son Paul has never sheared a sheep before.• We also had to shear and dip them every year and friends would come to help.• The tornado sheared off part of the Swensons' roof.• Whatever had been on its prow was now gone, sheared off when the sleek vessel had been driven among the trees.• We listened to the horse as he drifted off to eat, his teeth shearing the grass. Old English scieran |
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