Word · Frequency #10925
shearer
剪羊毛者;剪毛工
a skilled worker who shears the wool off sheep or other animals
- 1.
A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
受雇用剪刀为绵羊等动物剪毛的人。
- 2.
A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
在轧机上剪切热金属板不平整边缘的工人。
- 3.
A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.
用于在地下矿井中粉碎长煤柱的工业设备。
剪切工;剪裁工;希勒(苏格兰芭蕾舞演员、女演员,生于1926年);受雇用剪刀为绵羊等动物剪毛的人。;在轧机上剪切热金属板不平整边缘的工人。;用于在地下矿井中粉碎长煤柱的工业设备。
In use
A shearer works quickly through the flock, leaving each sheep with a neat short coat.
The farm hired two experienced shearers for the spring shearing season.
Watching a skilled shearer, you notice how carefully the blades move along the sheep's skin.
work as a shearer
work as a shearer 表示“以剪羊毛为业”;shearer 也可指操作剪切机或裁剪皮革、金属、布料的人。
He works as a shearer every summer.
他每年夏天做剪羊毛工。
a team of shearers
shearers 是 shearer 的复数形式。
A team of shearers arrived at the farm.
一队剪羊毛工人来到了农场。
a shearer who + clause
Connections
Collocations
- sheep shearer
- 剪羊毛工人
- The sheep shearer travels across the country during the shearing season.剪羊毛工人在剪毛季节走遍全国。
- blade shearer
- 使用手剪的剪羊毛工
- The blade shearer sharpened his shears before starting the day.这位手剪羊毛工在开始一天的工作前磨快了他的手剪。
- gun shearer
- 技艺高超的剪羊毛工
- The gun shearer clinched the title at the national shearing competition.这位剪毛高手在全国剪毛比赛中夺得冠军。
- metal shearer
- 金属剪切工
- The metal shearer measured the plate before cutting it.金属剪切工在切割前测量了钢板。
Synonyms
- cutter
- 切割工;裁剪工 · cutter 语义更宽,可泛指任何切割者或切割工具;shearer 特指使用剪床/大剪刀的工人或剪羊毛者,因此仅在工业剪切语境下可替换。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
shear(剪)+ er(人)→ 剪羊毛的人;想象工人手握大剪刀剪下羊毛。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:agriculture、wool industry 通常指剪羊毛的工人,多用于农牧业或羊毛产业相关的语境(如“sheep shearer”),是比较正式的工种称呼,日常口语中较少单独使用。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 shearers。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正同韵的词:clearer、dearer、nearer、hearer(结尾读 /iərə/,与 shearer 押韵)。注意拼写相似但发音不同的词:wearer 读 /ˈweərə/,sharer 读 /ˈʃeərə/,它们的元音是 /eə/,不要混淆。另外 sharer 比 shearer 少一个字母 e,拼写也不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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