单词	shear
释义	shearshear /ʃɪə $ ʃɪr/ verb (past tense sheared, past participle sheared or shorn /ʃɔːn $ ʃɔːrn/) [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINshear Origin: Old English scieran Verb Table VERB TABLE shear Simple Form Present I, you, we, they shear he, she, it shears Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they sheared Present perfect I, you, we, they have sheared, shorn he, she, it has sheared, shorn Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sheared, shorn Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will shear Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sheared, shorn Continuous Form Present I am shearing he, she, it is shearing you, we, they are shearing Past I, he, she, it was shearing you, we, they were shearing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been shearing he, she, it has been shearing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been shearing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be shearing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been shearing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The tornado sheared off part of the Swensons' roof. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS 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. We listened to the horse as he drifted off to eat, his teeth shearing the grass. Whatever had been on its prow was now gone, sheared off when the sleek vessel had been driven among the trees. word sets WORD SETS► Agriculture agrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► off · Whatever had been on its prow was now gone, sheared off when the sleek vessel had been driven among the trees.· He lay across the track, and the wheels sheared off both legs at the knee.· Walls were sheared off, revealing rows of soldiers' twisted metal bunks. 1to cut the wool off a sheep2literary to cut off someone’s hair:  Her long fair hair had been shorn.3be 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 forceshear something ↔ off The left wing had been almost completely sheared off.
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