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Shear Cut Farmers Wool Cutting ʃɪr  V 修剪

Front shear
Pron [ʃɪr]
Back 【shear】
 v. 修剪
The farmers sheared the wool from the sheep.
农夫从羊身上剪羊毛。
Vocab
shearcut or cut through with shears

A shear is a cutting implement that looks like a long pair of scissors. Also like scissors, this form of the noun is usually plural. You can cut metal, prune a tree, or cut up a chicken with shears.

In farming, when you remove wool from a sheep, goat, or even a llama, you shear the animal. Most farmers shear their sheep once a year, but the timing varies from farm to farm. The verb shear also means to cause to break off or come apart with a cutting force. The wind during a storm can blow hard enough to shear the tiles off a roof.

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