(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.