| 词汇 | shorn |
| 释义 | shorn verb uk /ʃɔːn/ us /ʃɔːrn/ past participle ofshear（shear的过去分词） Cutting and stabbing abrasion bayonet butcher carve carving chisel chop hew impale impalement impaler incise scissor score something out/through shave shave something off/from something shear shearing sheep shearing stab shorn | American Dictionaryshorn us/ʃɔrn, ʃoʊrn/ past participle of shear Examples of shornshorn 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 See all examples of shorn 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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