Shear

(noun.) a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it.

(noun.) (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; 'the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram'.

(verb.) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.

(verb.) cut with shears; 'shear hedges'.

(verb.) cut or cut through with shears; 'shear the wool off the lamb'.

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• The reaper to be of real use must dispose of the grain properly as well as shear the stalks. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Table knives, plane irons and chisels of a very superior kind are made of shear steel, while common steel is wrought up into ordinary cutlery. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The cutter-bar had fixed triangular cutters between each of which was a movable vibrating cutter, which made a shear cut against the edge of the stationary cutter, on each side. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In ordinary mining practice a bore-hole is usually commenced by digging a small pit about six feet deep, over which is set up a shear-legs with pulley, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In 1800 Mears devised a machine employing shears. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He had risked the last of his capital on the purchase of these frames and shears which to-night had been expected. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You know Moore has resolved to have new machinery, and he expects two wagon-loads of frames and shears from Stilbro' this evening. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In 1800, Meares, his countryman, tried to adapt shears. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Who invented the scissors and shears for cutting and trimming it when soft? 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The depth of water at which the Bucket Ladder dredges is regulated by the Hoisting Shears and Chain Barrel D D, driven by shafting E E from the Engines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But it will soon grow out again, said Beth, coming to kiss and comfort the shorn sheep. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Paul, for light enough still lingered to show the velvet blackness of his close-shorn head, and the sallow ivory of his brow) looked in. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And, touching her hat a la Laurie, away went Jo, feeling like a shorn sheep on a wintry day. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Paul's hair was shorn close as raven down, or I think it would have bristled on his head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And there was always the other great dread--of himself becoming dimmed and forever ray-shorn in her eyes. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The gay plumage, shorn from the crests, drifted upon the breeze like snow-flakes. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Hark at Meliboeus, snarled the noble marquis; he's pastorally occupied too: he's shearing a Southdown. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She stamped her foot with pretty petulance, so, seeing she was obstinate, he carefully sheared off the tress close to her head. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It sheared off heads so many, that it, and the ground it most polluted, were a rotten red. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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