vt.

1. 剪（羊毛等）；剪（某人）的頭髮
   He found a job of shearing wool from sheep.

   他找到一份剪羊毛的工作。

2. 修剪
3. 切；切段；使（岩塊等）受切變[（+off）]
4. 搶奪；剝奪[（+of）]
   The assembly had been shorn of its legislative powers.

   議會被剝奪了立法權。

5. 【書】（用刀，劍）砍；斬

vi.

1. 剪；修剪；剪羊毛
   They sheared last week.

   他們是上星期剪的羊毛。

2. 切斷；【物】切變[（+off）]

n.

1. 剪；切；修剪
2. 大剪刀[P]
   He cut the hedge with garden shears.

   他用園藝大剪刀修剪樹籬。

3. 【機】剪切機，剪床
4. 【物】切變
5. 人字起重架[P]
6. 剪下的東西
7. （羊的）年歲[C]
   a sheep of three shears

   三歲的羊

v.

1. cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).
   ▸cut off with scissors or shears.
   ▸ (be shorn of) have something cut off.
2. break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain.

n.