| 英语单词 | shear |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ʃɪə(r)] 美 [ʃɪr] |
| 中文释义 | n.修剪;剪下的东西;大剪刀 v.剪掉;剪;剥夺 |
| 英语例句 | (1) With a few quick snips of the shear, he pruned the bush. (2) All her curls have been shorn off. (3) I start shearing the sheep at the beginning of July. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他用大剪刀几下子就把灌木给修剪好了。 (2) 她的一头卷发被剪得精光。 (3) 我一般在7月初开始剪羊毛。 |
| vocabulary简明 | 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. |
| vocabulary扩展 | 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. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]剪(羊毛) To shear a sheep means to cut its wool off. [V n]
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2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词](尤指修剪篱笆用的)大剪刀 A pair of shears is a garden tool like a very large pair of scissors. Shears are used especially for cutting hedges. [also
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