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

shearshear /ʃɪr/ verb (past tense sheared, past participle sheared or shorn /ʃɔrn/)

ETYMOLOGYshear

Origin: Old English scieran

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

1[transitive] to cut the wool off a sheep2be shorn of something a)to have something valuable or important taken away from you: Party leaders were shorn of their power. b)literary to have something removed: a room shorn of any decoration3[transitive usually passive] literary to cut off someone’s hairshear off phrasal verb if something shears off a part of something, or the part shears off, it is separated from the rest, especially after being pulled or hit with a lot of force: shear off something The tornado sheared off part of the Swensons’ roof. → see also wind shear