shearing
noun [ U ] uk/ˈʃɪə.rɪŋ/ us/ˈʃɪr.ɪŋ/
剪毛
the activity of cutting the wool off a sheep
Sheep shearing is a traditional skill. 剪羊毛是一项传统技艺。
（贴着头皮）剪发
the process of cutting the hair on a person's head close to the skin
the punitive shearing of convicts 对罪犯的惩罚性削发。
See: shear
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- The cost of shearing right now is about two dollars per sheep.
- There will be farming demonstrations such as sheep shearing and horse shoeing.
- In the 18th century aristocratic women had a post-pregnancy shearing to make their hair grow back thicker.
- Newborns can suffer brain haemorrhage due to shearing of cerebral blood vessels.