shed /ʃed/

noun

(often in compounds 常构成复合词)

1

简易房，棚（用于贮藏物品）

a small simple building, usually built of wood or metal, used for keeping things in

a bicycle shed

自行车棚

(BrE) a garden shed

园艺工具棚

2

(BrE) （工业上用于生产或存放设备的）厂房，工棚，库房

a large industrial building, used for working in or keeping equipment

an engine shed

机车库

verb

【不规则形式】 shedding, shed, shed

[VN]

1

(often used in newspapers 常用于报章) 去除；摆脱

to get rid of sth that is no longer wanted

The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.

这家工厂正大批裁员。

a quick way to shed unwanted pounds (= extra weight or fat on your body)

快速减肥的方法

Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image.

博物馆一直努力改变自己沉闷的形象。

2

(formal) 使落下；使掉下

to let sth fall; to drop sth

Luke shed his clothes onto the floor.

卢克把衣服脱在地板上。

A duck's feathers shed water immediately.

鸭子的羽毛不沾水。

3

(BrE) (of a vehicle 交通工具) 掉落（货物）

to lose or drop what it is carrying

The traffic jam was caused by a lorry shedding its load .

交通堵塞是因为一辆卡车掉下了货物。

4

蜕；落

if an animal sheds its skin, or a plant sheds leaves, it loses them naturally

5

~ sth (on/over sb/sth)

散发出光；把光照到（或洒在）…上

to send light over sth; to let light fall somewhere

The candles shed a soft glow on her face.

蜡烛在她的脸上映着一层柔光。

6

(formal or literary) 流；洒

if you shed tears, you cry

She shed no tears when she heard he was dead.

她听到他的死讯时没流一滴眼泪。

7

(formal) （尤指在战争中）造成伤亡；使流（血）

if you shed blood, you kill or injure people, especially in a war

习语

cast/shed/throw light on sth

使（问题等）较容易理解

to make a problem, etc. easier to understand

Recent research has shed new light on the causes of the disease.

最近的研究可以使人进一步了解导致这种疾病的原因。

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