单词 | shed |
释义 | shed (ʃed ) Word forms: sheds , shedding language note: The form shed is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb. 1. countable noun B2 A shed is a small building that is used for storing things such as garden tools. ...a garden shed. Synonyms: hut, shack, lean-to, outhouse 2. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] B2 A shed is a large shelter or building, for example at a railway station, port, or factory. ...disused railway sheds. 3. verb When a tree sheds its leaves, its leaves fall off in the autumn. When an animal sheds hair or skin, some of its hair or skin drops off. Some of the trees were already beginning to shed their leaves. [VERB noun] ...a snake who has shed its skin. [VERB noun] Synonyms: drop, spill, scatter, let drop 4. verb To shed something means to get rid of it. [formal] The firm is to shed 700 jobs. [VERB noun] He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds. [VERB noun] ...a city trying to shed its rough image. [VERB noun] 5. verb If a lorry sheds its load, the goods that it is carrying accidentally fall onto the road. [mainly British] A lorry piled with scrap metal had shed its load. [VERB noun] 6. verb If you shed tears, you cry. They will shed a few tears at their daughter's wedding. [VERB noun] 7. verb To shed blood means to kill people in a violent way. If someone sheds their blood, they are killed in a violent way, usually when they are fighting in a war. [formal] They bear responsibility for shedding the blood of innocent civilians. [VERB noun] Others promised to 'shed our blood and sacrifice our lives to oppose the invaders'. [VERB noun] shedding uncountable noun [NOUN of noun] The Pope called for a halt to the shedding of innocent blood. 8. to shed light on something phrase To shed light on, throw light on, or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it. A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question. she'd (ʃiːd , ʃɪd ) 1. B2 She'd is the usual spoken form of 'she had', especially when 'had' is an auxiliary verb. She'd rung up to discuss the party. She would go for a swim when she'd unpacked. 2. B1 She'd is a spoken form of 'she would'. She'd do anything for a bit of money. I got the impression she'd like a word with you, sir. Idioms: shed crocodile tears to pretend to be sad or to sympathize with someone without really caring about them He shed a lot of crocodile tears. He described the wrecking of the coal industry as `a dreadful thing to have to do'. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers blood is shed or blood is spilled [journalism, literary] said to mean that people are being killed in fighting All the signs are that if blood is spilled the countries will be at war. said to mean that trouble or suffering is caused as a result of a change taking place Given the political blood that was spilled over the deficit reduction package, few observers believe the president will start spending more. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: boat shed From the outside it looked for all the world like a boat shed. Times, Sunday Times Double garage and boat shed. Times, Sunday Times A boat shed was built there, or a waka house, so the waka could be completed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She then demolished a boat shed and ripped apart the bow of a sea truck inside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The boat shed and slip were commissioned in 1864. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bothy was a large chicken shed in the middle of a field. Times, Sunday Times I wake at 6am, roll out of bed and into the cave, a former chicken shed covered floor-to-ceiling in felt tiles. Times, Sunday Times A festival set in a wonderful opera house, converted from a chicken shed. Times, Sunday Times The chicken claw goes with the chicken head, and you need a snow shovel to clean out the chicken shed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was founded in 1975 in a chicken shed, and has since moved to its current site. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I've shed a tear or two myself recently, as a matter of fact. ULTIMATE PRIZES (1999) No need to shed a tear, but no need to vomit up bile, either. Times, Sunday Times (2012) More than a typical jukebox musical, this charming and sentimental production is sure to make you shed a tear or two. Times, Sunday Times (2010) News of his demise spread like wildfire and many an angler will have shed a tear. The Sun (2010) Food that comes from 'just up the road' is ideal - you're a real locavore and shed a tear for every food mile you're responsible for. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Infected cats usually shed the virus for two weeks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Following this period, infected cats never shed the virus again or become latently infected and shed the virus continuously or intermittently. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Symptoms in hamsters are highly variable, and typically indicate that the pet has been infected and shedding the virus for several months. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fall in the oil price from $115 a barrel to $41 has thrown many companies into crisis, forcing them to shut projects and shed assets. Times, Sunday Times He has shed assets, most recently spinning off the magazine business. Times, Sunday Times The company must shed assets with low profit margins to improve last year's return on capital of 2.7 per cent, investors said. Globe and Mail We shed skin cells at a vast rate, she says. Times, Sunday Times With a new diet, he's shedding years like jungle snakes shed skin. The Sun The shed skin of a lindworm was believed to greatly increase a person's knowledge about nature and medicine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It burrows underground and curls up inside a protective cocoon formed by its shed skin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some geckos will eat their own shed skin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They will also signal liberation of many household possessions at present stored in the sheep shed at the back of the cattle yards. Times, Sunday Times The summer kitchen collapsed in 1965 and an office was rebuilt in its place and was paneled with wood from an old sheep shed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has just 6 houses and a sheep shed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another sheep shed was constructed behind the granary. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sheep grazed throughout the entire farm property and were kept in two sheep sheds that were constructed during this period. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The family farm, including tons of tobacco in a storage shed, was set alight. ST Once a storage shed for dates, it's now a full-time venue, hosting big-name acts and local talent. The Sun There are three double bedrooms and a bathroom — plus a pier, mooring and a timber storage shed. Times, Sunday Times The kitchens were shut up and mothballed, and consigned to dusty history as a storage shed for garden equipment. Times, Sunday Times It covered all but the tips of the wooden fence line in the yard, and was buckling the roof of a storage shed with his vehicles inside. Times,Sunday Times It's like being in a tin shed for two minutes with people hitting it with bats. Times, Sunday Times The place became a tin shed in which nobody could hear anything. Times, Sunday Times Anything said on the pitch reverberates around the 'tin shed' stands. Times, Sunday Times It was a tin shed. Times, Sunday Times It has a two storied building and a tin shed complex. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its original train shed (no longer used as such, but still noted for its hammer beam-style roof) opened in 1840. Times, Sunday Times A single-span roof 245ft 6in wide, 689ft long and soaring 105ft into the winter air: the world's tallest train shed - fronted by an opulent red-brick hotel. Times, Sunday Times With its 700ft train shed, it opened in 1915 (adopting a new name in 1919) and was used by a famous-named train (significant times: 11.00 and 17.35). Times, Sunday Times Arriving passengers first saw the train shed, the railwayman's term for a station roof. Times, Sunday Times An imposing train shed covered the central part of the two platforms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One was an apple tree and the other was a little wooden shed. Times, Sunday Times The artist arranged for an ordinary wooden shed to be blown up, then she carefully reassembled it at the moment of disintegration. Times,Sunday Times There they are prohibited from building any structures including their mobile homes, which are on hard standing, and a wooden shed that acts as their community centre. The Sun It was a wooden shed, fitted with a table, a chair and an oil heater. Times, Sunday Times The grubby, wooden shed contains a microwave, bowls, cups and a container of cereal or pet food. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 棚, 落叶 Japanese: 小屋, 葉を落とす/毛代わりする |
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