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单词 shorn
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shornadj.

Brit. /ʃɔːn/, U.S. /ʃɔrn/
Forms: see the verb.
Etymology: Past participle of shear v.
1. Shaven, tonsured.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > cut short
shornc1050
polleda1325
ydoddeda1400
rounded?a1439
nottedc1440
gallows-rounded1567
stubbed1627
well-cropped1805
well-shaven1842
bobbed1918
Eton-cropped1925
crew-cropped1938
crew cut1940
urchin cut1951
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 507/34 Rassis [read rasis], scorenum.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. lxvi. 183 Heer shorne is callyd Cesaries, heer vnkytte is callyd Coma in Grewe.
1530 Compend. Olde Treat. sig. A.i Many a shoren crowne.
1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 114 Bald pate Priests and shoren Friars.
1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. 583 With..scars upon their shorn heads.
absolute.1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 111 Therefore ye doe wrong to your shorne & annoynted, to forbyd them mariage.
2. Of gold: Newly cut, so as to have a bright surface. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > epithet of gold > newly cut
shornc1400
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 213 As schorne golde schyr her fax þenne schon.
3. Of corn: Cut with a sickle. Of grass: Cut close.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed > with sickle
shornc1440
sickled1765
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed > closely
shornc1440
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 448/1 Schoryn, or repyd, messus.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xvv And also it [sc. mown rye] wyll nat kepe nor saue it selfe from rayne or yll wether whan it standeth in the couer as the shorne corne wyll do.
1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 102 Smooth as Swallows skim The new-shorn Mead, and far more swift we fly.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ix. 222 They are trampled down like the shorn grass.
1885 W. Pater Marius the Epicurean I. x. 172 There was still a glow along the road through the shorn cornfields.
4. Of sheep, etc.: Having undergone shearing. shorn lamb n. also applied to the dressed fur of the sheep used in garment-making.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of parts of > having a fleece > shorn
shorn?1518
out of the woolc1540
shorned1600
two-shear1788
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of lamb
footfell1347
lambskin?a1366
budge1395
lentrinware1435
buggishank1463
budge-skin1466
lamba1474
budge-fura1529
astrakhan1766
krimmer1834
Persian lamb1853
broadtail1892
karakul1894
breitschwanz1923
beaver lamb1939
shorn lamb1945
Lucca lamb1956
Tuscan lamb1956
kalgan1960
Swakara1966
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.i The nexte that came was a coryar..As ryche as a newe shorne shepe.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) iv. ii. 132 And hauing lost their fleeces, [they] liue afterward like poore shorne sheepe.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 176 God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb.
1913 Times 13 Sept. 18/6 While shorn skins and lambs are quoted ¼d. higher.
1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xxi. 183 Linda..comes back covered with rich furs, while you and I..get..three-quarter-length shorn lamb.
1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 153 American broadtail. This was the trade-name for the fur of the very young Argentine lamb... The name is now prohibited in the U.S.A. and the fur is sold under its true name of ‘shorn lamb’.
1978 Lancashire Life Oct. 101/1 (caption) The ‘Rambler’ jacket in shorn lamb with leather piping all round and on the pockets, plus leather belt, is about £130.
5. Scottish.
a. Carved. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > sculptured or carved
ycorven1297
carven1330
graven1382
cutted1438
carveda1530
shorn1547
well carved1548
graved1552
under-carved1616
sculptile1621
sculptated1653
featured1745
sculptured1815
glyphica1856
chiselled1873
chip-carved1890
sculpted1961
1547 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 20 (note) Ane Scottis comptar of aik, schorne werk, with the furmis of the samyn.
b. Chopped up.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > [adjective] > cut into pieces
ychoppidc1430
cutc1440
chopped1538
shorn1597
shared1598
dissected1634
slitted1797
junked1827
1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 115 Thow gawe him ane drink, mixt with certaine shorne herbis.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. vi. 436 Plates containing each three grilled herrings, sprinkled with shorn onions.
1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 265 Hard eggs, chopped fine with crumbs of bread, or shorn nettles and oatmeal.
6. Lessened in extent, deprived of splendour, etc.: see shear v. 4.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > reduced in size or extent
minished1590
narrowed1599
diminished1607
shorn1853
ensmalled1857
reduced1880
Sanforized1968
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > curtailed
abridgeda1382
docked1408
defalcate1531
decurted?1550
curtailed1561
limited1590
minced1609
clipped1788
razeed1821
shorn1853
restricted1856
curtate1875
fine-cut1894
1853 M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum in Poems (new ed.) 49 For many a league The shorn and parcell'd Oxus strains along Through beds of sand and matted rushy isles.
1868 J. R. Lowell Pictures from Appledore vi The great shorn sun as you see it now, Across eight miles of undulant gold That widens landward.
1902 Daily Chron. 28 July 5/1 Lord Lister has spoken with confidence of the King's ability to go through the shorn ceremonial at the end of next week.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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