| 单词 | shed |
| 释义 | shed (once / 169 pages) 1v 2vadj 3n The small, simple building in your yard where you keep tools or gardening equipment is a shed. As a noun, shed means "hut," and probably comes from the word shade. But shed is also a verb meaning "to cast off," like when a snake sheds its skin. If your couch is covered in fur, it might be because your dog is shedding. You can shed non-physical things, like a bad habit. Does your cat shed? If so, maybe I should sleep in the shed since I'm allergic. WORD FAMILYshed: shedder, shedding, sheds+/shedder: shedders/shedding: sheddings USAGE EXAMPLESThe nation entered the Year of the Monkey with industry deep in deflation and firms rapidly shedding workers. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) Our finding sheds some light on the nature of implicit racial bias. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) Cyrus, 24, shed tears as the little girl crooned and Hemsworth, 26, said “Wow! You were amazing” after the song was over. Time(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over Syn|Hypo|Hyper disgorge, spill slop, spill, splatter cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container seed go to seed; shed seeds reseedseed again or anew displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 2v pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities 2shed tears God shed His grace on Thee Syn|Hyper pour forth, spill pour cause to run 1v get rid of he shed his image as a pushy boss shed your clothes Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, cast off, drop, shake off, throw, throw away, throw off exuviate, molt, moult, slough cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers absciseshed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue exfoliatecast off in scales, laminae, or splinters autotomise, autotomizecause a body part to undergo autotomy desquamate, peel offpeel off in scales remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 2v cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers our dog sheds every Spring Syn|Hypo|Hyper exuviate, molt, moult, slough desquamate, peel off peel off in scales cast, cast off, drop, shake off, throw, throw away, throw off get rid of 3adj shed at an early stage of development 3Syn|Ant caducous deciduous (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth lasting, persistent retained; not shed n an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage Hypo|Hyper apiary, bee house a shed containing a number of beehives boathousea shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats coal housea shed for storing coal toolhouse, toolsheda shed for storing tools woodsheda shed for storing firewood or garden tools outbuilding a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building |
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