| 词汇 | example_english_shorn |
| 释义 | Examples of shornThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Includes all shorn fibre: fleece, belly, wiggings, crutchings, locks. When the late autumn came, their great and glorious army was like a tree shorn barren of its leaves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shearlings are animals which have been shorn once. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In war-time it is of course shorn of much of its outward glory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The term "tempering the wind to the shorn lamb" has also been used in this connection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are being shorn of hospitals into which they have put a large amount of local rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shorn of our power, what help can we be to our friends if they need us? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Production would be interrupted by the temporary disorganisation caused by requisitioning, and although shorn of its tangible assets, the company would still remain in being. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, can the court temper the wind to the shorn lamb? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lamb will be shorn, for certain, in one way or another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that we must temper the wind to the shorn lamb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could we not temper the wind to these shorn lambs by extending the period over which abolition might be effected? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, if the landlord, confronted with this final offer, gives way, he is shorn at once of his property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no demand for the old game of reviling a landed aristocracy, now shorn of its privileges and, alas, of most of its cash. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Curiously, a sheep that is kept not to be eaten but to be shorn does attract rate relief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result, the register for the first time will be shorn of those charities which once existed but which have ceased to exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can the poll tax, shorn of its responsibility for education, be made more progressive? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the present moment it seems to be shorn of a good deal of its magnificence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why on earth, again, is the wind tempered to the poor shorn lamb of the bureaucracy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My reason for supporting the petition was my deep belief that religion shorn of its poetry is religion seriously diminished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We adjourn for longer periods at the weekend, and the period for consideration is very much shorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proceedings of this day, therefore, are shorn of much of their interests for us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They get "shorn", sometimes twice a year, but always once a year, and finally end up dead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shorn of all the jargon, it is to make the rich richer, even if in so doing they make the poor poorer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no "tempering the wind to the shorn lamb". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Governments, usurping the functions of a higher power, have sought to temper the wind to the lambs that were shorn by themselves supporting the debtors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have tempered the wind to the shorn lamb for the present financial year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I commend a solution which avoids the necessity of appearing to be rigid and then tempering the wind to the shorn lamb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consequence is that we are faced with a growing and heartless tyranny which has been shorn of its original moral justification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Being shorn of coat, must they also be of shirt? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am now tabling it again, shorn of certain superfluous words. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have shorn ourselves of so much of our power in the world that our greatest hope lies in being morally correct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shorn of its complexities, what is all this about? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is a fleece to be shorn, it is her fleece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By reducing the limit from £225 to £150 you have shorn the sheep pretty close to the skin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The establishment, even shorn of its defence work, still has an essential role to play. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole object of this is to attempt to temper the wind to the shorn lamb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shorn of its roof about 120 years ago, this lovely pile is now but a sorry ghost of its former splendour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, this is a case in which one should temper the wind to the lamb to be shorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is to be no tempering of the wind to the shorn lamb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shorn of that issue, where was the opposition? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that something will be done to temper the wind to the shorn lambs—our old age pensioners—before the day is out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are certainly- being shorn of quite a number of things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, it is a far more painful procedure than if the lamb had been less severely shorn at regular periods of time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does not this statement, shorn of all its verbiage, mean simply that prices to the housewife in this country will increase? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wind should be tempered, as far as possible, to the shorn lamb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shorn of its customary charm, that speech added nothing to our knowledge of these matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All that we have done, and all that we intended to do, was to temper the wind to the flocks of more severely shorn lambs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should like to know whether any tempering of the wind to the shorn lamb was considered and, if so, why it was not adopted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fund has been shorn of nearly half its weight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have seen manhood shorn of its glory in the midst of superabundance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shorn of any sensible argument or defence, they substitute brutal force for debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can see no other way of tempering the wind to the shorn lambs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the press rose again, it left on the table the pressed out body of a car and four pairs of arms shorn off at the elbows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can we hope to retain a position of that sort if we are shorn of our ability independently to defend ourselves in the ultimate issue? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a report published last year, newly shorn sheep were subjected to freezing cold winds at temperatures of minus 20 degrees centigrade for up to eight hours at a time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he aware that, although shorn of the unacceptable device of the compulsory referendum, it is still a gross interference with the independence of local government? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He could have tempered the wind to the shorn lamb by various social measures to ensure that those who would be hit by green taxes would not be worse off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The others are shorn of all responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said the shorn publican. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not suggesting that good schools should be shorn of their sixth forms to create sixth form colleges, but sixth form colleges should at least be funded fairly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A newly shorn sheep will, of course, lack that insulation, but, in general farm practice, there cannot be many situations where some natural shade is not available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shorn of all technicalities, the position is that for a long time many learned societies of various kinds have published transactions of various kinds, historical, geographical, archæological or anthropological. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a great deal of sympathy with borough councils who are being shorn of their powers and activities and consequently of prestige in many directions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been shorn of their empire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People who have been able to attain those achievements in such a short time can surely survive what is to come when shorn of democratic institutions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The old shearing shed was built in 1873 and in 1894 about 265,000 sheep were shorn there. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1950, 7179 sheep were shorn for 169 bales (approx. 25,000 kg). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the fleeces are thrown out to the table to be skirted, they do not take nearly so much room as hand-shorn ones. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Tourists get to see a variety of sheep on display, see a sheep shorn and go on a tour of the farm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1913 approximately 16,000 sheep were shorn producing 330 bales of wool. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When shaved close, the black tip is shorn off leaving the phaeomelanic bottom of the shaft. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. People were shorn of all individuality and became mere emblems expressive of assumed eternal truths. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1989 the shire had seen over 1 million sheep being shorn. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An arm when cut off can not grow again; but a shorn beard will grow all the better for the razor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They waited until groups they were called, stripped, their belongings taken, shorn, registered and tattooed on the forearm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They howled, got shaved and shorn, bought new clothes and gear. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The childs hair is shorn, frequently leaving only the ikh or "c", a tuft at the crown of the head. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1921 14,881 sheep were shorn, producing an average of 10.67lb kg of wool per sheep. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Approximately 11,000 sheep were shorn but the clip was well below that of previous seasons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1906 shearing produced 700 bales of wool, with over 43,000 sheep being shorn. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A sheep may be said to have been either "sheared" or "shorn", depending on dialect. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Shorn is quite healthy, and sports a tough physique and incredible hardiness not expected of a man in his 60s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1936 a total of 20,770 sheep were shorn after a dry season. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She shocked the entire fashion world when she shorn her velvet black ringlet locks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1927 the station had a good season with 7,600 sheep being shorn to produce 153 wool bales. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this way, his poetry is shorn of its political value, and rendered little more than a commodity. Both of these mechanisms would result in less harvested fleece and may in part explain why annually shorn fleeces were lighter. A verb is just a verb, shorn of number and tense, whilst a noun is just a noun without number. The results imply that goats shorn four times per year grew an additional 10.2 % of clean fibre compared with those shorn only once per year. Reported piecemeal, each in a discrete section of its own, these observations are devoid of significance and are virtually shorn of interest. Local campaigning might continue to be important, perhaps shorn of the impediment of local party members. Economic policy itself was to be shorn of patronage and, instead, be based on demands of e-ciency and growth. The real and natural, on the one hand, suggest the genuine and actual shorn of pretension and subterfuge. The hair was shorn from her head, her eyebrows were shaven off. In combination, these works seemed to illustrate precisely the dangers of scholarship shorn of its obligation to the community and religion. His language here if shorn of its sheep's clothing, suddenly acquires the complexity of court poetry. The second is that a finite version of the wager shorn of any reliance upon the infinite has an apologetically useful employment. Shorn of all its trimmings, the fact emerges that we have once again been told that the country is in a very, very serious condition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Under the present conditions the consumer, who is also the taxpayer, is the shorn lamb of the modern world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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