shed是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a small building, usually made of wood, used for storing things -- （通常为木质、存放物品用的）棚子，小屋

  • a tool/storage shed 工具／储物棚

  • UK a garden/bicycle shed 花园／自行车棚

  • the lambing shed 产羔棚

  • a cow shed 牛棚

• 1 (often used in newspapers) to get rid of something you do not need or want -- （常为报刊用语）去除，摆脱

  • 900 jobs will be shed over the next few months. 接下来几个月中要裁减900个职位。

  • Psychotherapy helped him to shed some of his insecurity/inhibitions. 心理疗法帮助他摆脱了一些不安全感／自我压制。

  • I'm going on a diet to see if I can shed (= become thinner by losing) a few pounds. 我要节食，看能不能瘦掉几磅。

  • The trees shed their leaves in autumn. 树木在秋天落叶。

  • They ran down to the water, shedding clothes as they went. 他们奔向大海，一边跑一边脱衣服。

  • UK A lorry had shed a load of gravel across the road. 一辆卡车在路上掉下了一堆碎石。

• 2 to produce tears, light, blood, etc. -- 流泪／流血／发光（等等）

  • She shed a few tears at her daughter's wedding. 她在女儿的婚礼上流下了泪。

  • So much blood has been shed (= so many people have been badly hurt or killed) in this war. 这场战争造成了惨重的伤亡。

• 3 short form of she had -- （she had的缩略形式）

  • She'd found the answer, at last. 她最后终于找到了答案。

  • She'd be a great managing director, don't you think? 她会成为一位出色的总经理，难道你不这么认为吗？