shear
v
(pt ~ed, pp shorn or ~ed)
1 [Tn] cut the wool off (a sheep) with shears 剪 (羊)的毛
sheep shearing time 剪羊毛的時節. 2 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (off) (cause sth to) become twisted or break under pressure (使某物)彎曲或折斷
The bolt sheared (off) and the wheel came off. 螺栓折了, 輪子脫了出來.
The bar fell into the machinery and sheared a connecting-rod. 那根棒掉進機器里把連桿給打彎了.
3 (phr v) be shorn of sth be stripped or deprived of sth 被剝奪或除去某物
The room looked bare, shorn of its rich furnishings. 這個房間除去了豪華的家具以後, 看上去光禿禿的.
a deposed king shorn of his former power 被剝奪了權力遭廢黜的國王. shear sth off (sb/sth) remove (fur, hair, etc) by cutting with shears 剪掉(毛發等)
All her beautiful tresses have been sheared/shorn off. 她那長長的秀發都給剪掉了.