shorn 音标拼音: [ʃ'ɔrn]
a . 被修剪过的,剪短的
被修剪过的,剪短的
shorn adj 1 :
having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers ; "
picked up the baby '
s shorn curls from the floor "; "
naked as a sheared sheep " [
synonym :
{
sheared }, {
shorn }] [
ant : {
unsheared }, {
unshorn }]
Shear \
Shear \ (
sh [=
e ]
r ),
v .
t . [
imp . {
Sheared }
or {
Shore };
p .
p .
{
Sheared }
or {
Shorn };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Shearing }.] [
OE .
sheren ,
scheren ,
to shear ,
cut ,
shave ,
AS .
sceran ,
scieran ,
scyran ;
akin to D . &
G .
scheren ,
Icel .
skera ,
Dan .
ski ?
re ,
Gr . ???.
Cf . {
Jeer }, {
Score }, {
Shard }, {
Share }, {
Sheer }
to turn aside .]
1 .
To cut ,
clip ,
or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument ;
as ,
to shear sheep ;
to shear cloth .
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Note :
It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins ,
and the nap from cloth .
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2 .
To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument ;
to cut off ;
to clip (
something )
from a surface ;
as ,
to shear a fleece .
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Before the golden tresses . . .
were shorn away .
--
Shak .
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3 .
To reap ,
as grain . [
Scot .] --
Jamieson .
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4 .
Fig .:
To deprive of property ;
to fleece .
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5 . (
Mech .)
To produce a change of shape in by a shear .
See {
Shear },
n .,
4 .
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Shorn \
Shorn \,
p .
p .
of {
Shear }.
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45 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shorn ":
abated ,
ablated ,
attenuated ,
bated ,
belittled ,
bereaved ,
bereaved of ,
bereft ,
consumed ,
contracted ,
curtailed ,
cut off ,
decreased ,
deflated ,
denuded ,
deprived of ,
diminished ,
dissipated ,
divested ,
dropped ,
eroded ,
fallen ,
lacking ,
less ,
lesser ,
lower ,
lowered ,
miniaturized ,
minus ,
out of ,
parted from ,
reduced ,
retrenched ,
robbed of ,
scaled -
down ,
shorn of ,
shorter ,
shrunk ,
shrunken ,
smaller ,
stripped of ,
wanting ,
watered -
down ,
weakened ,
worn
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