英语词汇“shed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

shedshed1 /ʃɛd/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle shed, present participle shedding)

ETYMOLOGYshed¹

Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from shade

VERB TABLE

shed

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	shed
	he, she, it	sheds
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	shed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have shed
	he, she, it	has shed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had shed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will shed
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have shed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am shedding
	he, she, it	is shedding
	you, we, they	are shedding
Past	I, he, she, it	was shedding
	you, we, they	were shedding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been shedding
	he, she, it	has been shedding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been shedding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be shedding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been shedding

COLLOCATIONS► shed ... image

The magazine hopes to shed its old-fashioned image.

► shed ... pounds

I’d like to shed a few pounds (=lose weight and become thinner).

1GET RID OF [transitive] to get rid of something that you do not need or want anymore: The magazine hopes to shed its old-fashioned image. I’d like to shed a few pounds (=lose weight and become thinner).2ANIMAL/PLANT [intransitive, transitive] science, biology to have hair, skin, or leaves fall off as part of a natural process: Short-haired dogs don’t shed as much as long-haired ones. As it grows, a snake will regularly shed its skin.3DROP/TAKE OFF [transitive] to drop something, allow it to fall, or to take it off quickly: Inside, the two men shed their coats and sat down.4shed tears to cry: She shed no tears when he left.5shed blood to kill or injure people, especially during a war or a fight: Too much blood has already been shed in this conflict. → see also bloodshed6LIGHT [transitive] if a lamp or other source of light sheds a particular type of light, it lights the area around it: The candle shed a dim glow over her face.7WATER [transitive] if something sheds water, the water flows off its surface, instead of sinking into it → see also throw/shed/cast light on something at light1 (9)