shear

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shear /ʃɪə $ ʃɪr/ verb (past tense sheared, past participle sheared or shorn /ʃɔːn $ ʃɔːrn/) [transitive]  1. TAto cut the wool off a sheep 给〔羊〕剪羊毛2  literaryCUT to cut off someone’s hair 给〔某人〕剪〔头发〕 Her long fair hair had been shorn. 她长长的金发已经剪掉了。3  be shorn of something to have something valuable or important taken away from you 被剥夺了某事物 Though shorn of some of its powers, the party remains in control. 虽然被削去了一些权力，该党仍然掌握着控制权。4 shear off phrasal verb if part of something shears off, or is sheared off, it suddenly becomes separated, especially after being pulled or hit with a lot of force 折断，扭断；剪断shear something ↔ off The left wing had been almost completely sheared off. 左翼几乎完全折断了。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

shear• Farmers son Paul has never sheared a sheep before.• We also had to shear and dip them every year and friends would come to help.• The tornado sheared off part of the Swensons' roof.• Whatever had been on its prow was now gone, sheared off when the sleek vessel had been driven among the trees.• We listened to the horse as he drifted off to eat, his teeth shearing the grass.Origin shear Old English scieran

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shear /ʃɪə $ ʃɪr/ verb (past tense sheared, past participle sheared or shorn /ʃɔːn $ ʃɔːrn/) [transitive]1. to cut the wool off a sheep
2. literary to cut off someone’s hair:
    Her long fair hair had been shorn.
3. be shorn of something to have something valuable or important taken away from you:
    Though shorn of some of its powers, the party remains in control.
     
shear off phrasal verb
  if part of something shears off, or is sheared off, it suddenly becomes separated, especially after being pulled or hit with a lot of force
    shear something ↔ off
    The left wing had been almost completely sheared off.

shearBrE /ʃɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ʃɪr/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they shear BrE /ʃɪə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ʃɪr/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it shears BrE /ʃɪəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ʃɪrz/ 🔊past simple sheared BrE /ʃɪəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ʃɪrd/ 🔊past participle shorn BrE /ʃɔːn/ 🔊 NAmE /ʃɔːrn/ 🔊past participle sheared BrE /ʃɪəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ʃɪrd/ 🔊 -ing form shearing BrE /ˈʃɪərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈʃɪrɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ sth to cut the wool off a sheep 给（羊）剪（羊毛）◆It was time for the sheep to be shorn. 是剪羊毛的时节了。🔊🔊◆sheep shearing剪羊毛 [transitive] ~ sth (formal) to cut off sb's hair 剪（头发）◆shorn hair剪得很短的头发 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (off) (specialist) (especially of metal 尤指金属) to break under pressure; to cut through sth and make it break 切断；剪切；断◆The bolts holding the wheel in place sheared off. 固定这个轮子的几个螺栓断了。🔊🔊 ●be ˈshorn of sth(literary) to have sth important taken away from you 被剥夺；被褫夺◆Shorn of his power, the deposed king went into exile. 权力被褫夺后，遭废黜的国王流亡国外。🔊🔊