(一般作shreds)
1- a strip of some material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger(由纸、布、食物等撕成、剪成或刮成的)细条; 碎片:
her beautiful dress was torn to shreds
她漂亮的裙子被撕成了碎条
figurative 〈喻〉my reputation will be in shreds.
我将身败名裂。
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- often with negative a very small amount极少量, 些许:
we have not a shred of evidence to go on.
我们一点证据也没有。
shredded, shredding
with obj. tear or cut into shreds撕成(或切成)碎片:as adj. shredded shredded cabbage.切成碎片的卷心菜。
词源
late Old English scrēad 'piece cut off', scrēadian 'trim, prune', of West Germanic origin; related to SHROUD.