shear

in Vietnamese Cắt lông, cạo lông

BrE /ʃɪə/ AmE /ʃɪr/

verb en → vi

past sheared pp shorn/sheared ing shearing

1 REMOVE FUR/HAIR [transitive] B1

Cắt lông, cạo lông

to cut the wool from a sheep or other animal with special scissors or a machine

  • shear somebody/something

Collocations shear sheep · shear a goat

  • The farmer sheared the sheep.

    Người nông dân đã cắt lông cừu.

2 CUT HAIR [transitive] B1

Cắt tóc ngắn

to cut someone's hair, especially in a way that makes it very short

  • shear somebody/something

Collocations shear hair · shear a haircut

  • The barber sheared his client's hair very short.

    Thợ cắt tóc đã cắt rất ngắn mái tóc của khách.

3 REMOVE [transitive] B2

Cắt bỏ, gọt bỏ

to remove something by cutting it off

  • shear something

Collocations shear ice · shear metal

  • The workers sheared the excess ice from the roof.

    Những người công nhân đã cắt bỏ băng dư trên mái nhà.