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  • Conjugation : past  shed ; ing  shedding
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

shed [ʃεd]
  1. 1. noun [c] (in garden) 棚
  2. 2. noun (by railway,factory) 棚式外廊
  3. 3. vt. [+skin] [ leaves] [ hair] (naturally) 脱落
  4. 4. vt. (get rid of) 摆脱
    to shed tears
    流泪
    to shed blood
    杀人
    to shed jobs
    裁员
    a lorry has shed its load
    [BRIT] 一辆大卡车掉落了货物

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

shed [ʃed]
  1. 1. vt. 摆脱去掉
    He shed his image as a pushy boss.
    摆脱好胜上司形象
  2. 2. vt. 流出溢出
    God shed His grace on Thee.
    上帝保佑你。
  3. 3. vt. 撒出,使散落
  4. 4. verb (使)脱落
    Our dog sheds every spring.
    我们的爱犬每年春天脱毛
  5. 5. n.[c] 棚,棚屋
  6. 6. adjective [Botany] 早落的,早谢的

Collins English-English Dictionary

shed [ʃεd]
  1. 1. n a small building or lean-to of light construction, used for storage, shelter, etc
  2. 2. n a large roofed structure, esp one with open sides, used for storage, repairing locomotives, sheepshearing, etc
  3. 3. n a large retail outlet in the style of a warehouse
  4. 4. n another name for freezing works
  5. 5. n to abolish or get rid of (jobs, workers, etc)
  6. 6. vt. [tr] [NZ] to store (hay or wool) in a shed
  7. 7. vt. [Etymology] Old English sced; probably variant of scead shelter, shade
shed [ʃεd]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] to pour forth or cause to pour forth
    to shed tears
    shed blood
  2. 2. vb to cast off or lose
    the snake shed its skin
    trees shed their leaves
  3. 3. vb (of a lorry) to drop (its load) on the road by accident
  4. 4. vb to repel
    this coat sheds water
  5. 5. vb [also intr] (in weaving) to form an opening between (the warp threads) in order to permit the passage of the shuttle
  6. 6. vt. [tr] [Dialect] to make a parting in (the hair)
  7. 7. n (in weaving) the space made by shedding
  8. 8. n short for watershed
  9. 9. n [chiefly Scot] a parting in the hair
  10. 10. n [Etymology] Old English sceadan; related to Gothic skaidan, Old High German skeidan to separate; see sheath
shed [ʃεd]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to separate or divide off (some farm animals) from the remainder of a group
    a good dog can shed his sheep in a matter of minutes
  2. 2. n (of a dog) the action of separating farm animals
  3. 3. n [Etymology] from shed2
shed [ʃεd]
  1. 1. n [Physics] a former unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10--52 square metre
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C20: from shed1; so called by comparison to barn2 because of its smaller size

Examples

to shed tears
流泪
There is a box of blasting caps in the shed over there, so be careful.
那边的小屋里有一箱起爆雷管,当心点儿。
Behind the cottage was a shed.
在小屋的后面是一个棚子。
to cast {or} shed {or} throw light on sth
[fig] 使某事清楚明白地显示出来
a long wooden shed that stood against the outside wall
紧靠外墙的一个长长的木棚
to shed blood
杀人

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