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 剪羊毛的时节. 2 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (off) (cause sth to) become twisted or break under pressure (使某物)弯曲或折断
The bolt sheared (off) and the wheel came off. 螺栓折了, 轮子脱了出来.
The bar fell into the machinery and sheared a connecting-rod. 那根棒掉进机器里把连杆给打弯了.
3 (phr v) be shorn of sth be stripped or deprived of sth 被剥夺或除去某物
The room looked bare, shorn of its rich furnishings. 这个房间除去了豪华的家具以後, 看上去光秃秃的.
a deposed king shorn of his former power 被剥夺了权力遭废黜的国王. shear sth off (sb/sth) remove (fur, hair, etc) by cutting with shears 剪掉(毛发等)
All her beautiful tresses have been sheared/shorn off. 她那长长的秀发都给剪掉了.
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
Professors from the university in Paris would be coming down by train.