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- a simple roofed structure, typically made of wood or metal, used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop棚式建筑; 货棚; 牲口棚; 工作棚。
1.1
- a larger structure, typically with one or more sides open, for storing or maintaining vehicles or other machinery车棚; （堆放或维修车辆或器械的）棚：
a shed is required for the three shunt engines.
需要一个棚子放这三台并励发动机。
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- Austral./NZ an open-sided building for shearing sheep or milking cattle〈澳/新西兰〉剪羊棚; 挤奶棚。
shedded, shedding
with obj.（常作 be shedded）park (a vehicle) in a depot把（车）停在库棚内。
词源
late 15th cent.: apparently a variant of the noun SHADE.
(sheds, shedding; past and past participle shed)with obj.
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- (of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground（树木等）掉, 落（叶, 果实）：
both varieties shed leaves in winter
两个品种在冬季都落叶。
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- (of a reptile, insect, etc.) allow (its skin or shell) to come off, to be replaced by another one that has grown underneath（爬行动物及昆虫等）蜕（皮）, 脱（壳）。
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- (of a mammal) lose (hair) as a result of moulting, disease, or age（哺乳动物因蜕化、疾病或年老而）脱（毛）。
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- take off (clothes)脱（衣）。
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- have the property of repelling (water or a similar substance)能使（水等）淌过而不渗透, 具有防（水等）特性。
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- discard (something undesirable, superfluous, or outdated)抛弃（不合意、多余或过时的东西）; 取消：
many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed jobs.
许多公司把迁址用作取消一些职位的机会。
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- cast or give off (light)射出, 发出（光）：
the full moon shed a watery light on the scene.
圆圆的月亮给夜景投下一片如水般的柔光。
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- Brit. accidentally allow (something) to fall off or spill〈英〉（意外地）散落, 掉落; 洒溅：
a lorry shed its load of steel bars.
一辆货车掉落了所拉载的钢条。
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- eliminate part of (an electrical power load) by disconnecting circuits（分区）切断（电力载荷）。
短语
shed someone's blood
- be injured or killed (or kill or injure someone)（使）流血; （使）受伤; （使）牺牲, 杀死。
shed light on
- 见LIGHT1.
shed tears
- weep; cry流泪; 哭。
词源
Old English sc(e)ādan 'separate out (one selected group), divide', also 'scatter', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheiden. Compare with SHEATH.