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单词 shedding
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shedding
noun[U]

sheddingnoun[U](GETTING RID OF)

(often used innewspapers) theactorprocessof gettingridof something you do not need orwant:
Another round ofjobshedding isexpected.
The most she hadhopedfor was a shedding of theburdenofguiltshecarried.
theprocessoflosingacovering, such asleaves,hair, orskin, because itfallsoffnaturally, or ofdroppingsomething in anaturalway or byaccident:
Inmalewalruses, thepeakperiodofhairshedding is fromJunetoJuly.
The shedding oflayersofpaintfrom thegalleryceilingrevealedtheartistryof William Morris.
theactorprocessofallowingtears,blood, etc. toflow:
Let usworktogether tostopthe shedding ofblood.
medical,biologyspecialized
theprocessofreleasingavirusorbacteriumfrom acellorbodyinto theenvironmentwhere it caninfectotherpeople:
Thedrugmayreducesymptoms,viralshedding, andhealingtime.
Bypreventingshedding of thebacteriain bothcowcudandfaeces, it willreducethespreadofbacteriainfood.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Removing and getting rid of things
  • abandonment
  • banish
  • be scattered to the four windsidiom
  • bin
  • castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
  • dumping
  • eradication
  • erase
  • erasure
  • evacuate
  • evacuation
  • exorcism
  • fling
  • scrape
  • shoo
  • shrug
  • shrugsomethingoff
  • shuck
  • shucksomethingoff
  • sling
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Emitting and ejecting
Passing on illness & causing disease
(Definition ofsheddingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshedding

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Uninfected snails were included in the data for the duration of cercariaeshedding, while those containing trematodes were excluded.
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These cercariae require a period of maturation aftersheddingto be infective.
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Counting commenced directly after each 2-hsheddingperiod and was discontinued after the last 2-h period during which no cercariae were observed.
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A peak in the high intensity category andsheddingin the medium and low intensity category were also observed during this period.
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The snails were examined for emerging cercariae from day 28 following exposure and checked for cercarialsheddinguntil death.
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The treatment of the death rate ofsheddingsnails is more complicated.
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This measure should avoid contact with artificially highsheddinglevels during the first days after inoculation.
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They showed results for the starting and developing flow past a cylindersheddinga vortex-street wake.
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The proper interplay of those conditions, which include synchronization of vortexsheddingand rate of rotation, results in autorotation.
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The discrepancies in the measured vortexsheddingfrequencies are quite significant.
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Attention is concentrated on the near wake and the vortexsheddingfrom the sphere surface.
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This case therefore corresponds with the classical scenario, whereby the jump between modes is simultaneously associated with a switch in the timing of vortexshedding.
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A classical example of vortexsheddingdevelops when a circular cylinder is set into motion in the direction normal to its axis.
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This suggests that the vortexsheddingitself is a process independent of the body, and is likely to be the property of its wake.
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