shear
v
(pt ~ed, pp shorn or ~ed)
1 [Tn] cut the wool off (a sheep) with shears 剪 (羊)的毛
sheep shearing time 剪羊毛的时节. 2 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (off) (cause sth to) become twisted or break under pressure (使某物)弯曲或折断
The bolt sheared (off) and the wheel came off. 螺栓折了, 轮子脱了出来.
The bar fell into the machinery and sheared a connecting-rod. 那根棒掉进机器里把连杆给打弯了.
3 (phr v) be shorn of sth be stripped or deprived of sth 被剥夺或除去某物
The room looked bare, shorn of its rich furnishings. 这个房间除去了豪华的家具以後, 看上去光秃秃的.
a deposed king shorn of his former power 被剥夺了权力遭废黜的国王. shear sth off (sb/sth) remove (fur, hair, etc) by cutting with shears 剪掉(毛发等)
All her beautiful tresses have been sheared/shorn off. 她那长长的秀发都给剪掉了.
OK. We can get some more tomorrow. We should finish the floor now. Can you take the other end of this piece of wood? Now you have to pull it to make the surface smooth like that.
If an unfair law existed, - and there were many that had been passed by the British rulers in India and South Africa - it was the duty of everyone to disobey this law, but without using violence.