词汇精选：shed的用法和辨析大纲
一、详细释义：
n.
棚式建筑物（货棚、车棚、工作棚、牲口棚）[C]
例句：
The old woman really had in her shed a sort of basket spring-cart.
老妇人在一个车棚下确有一辆柳条车。
例句：
The bicycles are kept under a shed.
自行车存放在车棚下面。
棚屋，小屋；躲避处 [C]
例句：
The shed will store 20 tons of coal.
这棚屋能装20吨煤。
例句：
There is a small shed in the midst of the forest.
这座森林的中间有一间小棚屋。
v.
使泻出；使流；流血 [T]
例句：
The soldiers shed blood to protect their Motherland.
战士们流血保护自己的祖国。
例句：
She shed tears upon seeing her aching child.
看到她痛苦的孩子她流下了眼泪。
抗，防；使（水）淌过而不透 [T]
例句：
We would shed our inordinate fear of communism.
我们要丢掉对共产主义过分害怕的心理。
例句：
A duck's feathers shed water.
鸭子的羽毛能防水。
（籽、毛发等）脱落；蜕（壳等）；脱 [I,T]
例句：
The snake shed its skin.
蛇脱了皮。
例句：
All leaves have shed.
叶子都掉了。
发出，散出 [T]
例句：
The candle shed a faint light in the room.
房间里蜡烛发出微弱的光亮。
例句：
The sun shed warmth and light.
太阳散发出热和光。
去除，摆脱 [T]
例句：
You must learn to shed your inhibitions.
你应该尽量摆脱抑制心态。
例句：
I shed 25 pounds as a result of my new diet.
由于新的饮食习惯我减掉了25磅的重量。
二、词义辨析：
cabin,cottage,hut,shed
这些名词均含有“小屋”之意。cabin多指建造粗糙的简陋小木屋，也指旅客或船员住的船舱。现在也指节假日游游者的简便住房。cottage指穷苦人住的乡间小茅屋。现在也指雅致的小住宅，在美国可指别墅。hut多指供居住或遮避风雨的简易小屋。shed一般指四壁没有完全封闭，供牲畜用或储藏东西、停放车辆等的简易棚屋。
三、词义辨析：
discard,scrap,shed
这些动词都有“抛弃、丢弃”之意。discard指把具体的东西抛掉不要，着重扔、丢的动作。scrap指抛弃过时不再有用的东西。shed指毛发、皮肤、叶等经过某种自然的过程而脱落。
四、相关短语：
shed blood
v. 流血,屠杀
shed light on
照亮,查明,说明,解释
repair shed
修理棚修车棚
一、参考例句：
a garden shed
一个园艺工具棚
The snake shed its skin.
蛇脱了皮。
Most trees shed their leaves in autumn.
大多数树在秋天落叶。
A duck's feathers shed water.
鸭子的羽毛不沾水。
I didn't shed a single tear.
我一滴眼泪也没掉。
You must learn to shed your inhibitions.
你应该尽量摆脱抑制心态。
The lorry had shed its load.
They shed their blood for independence.
他们为争取独立而流下了鲜血。
Many trees shed their leaves in autumn.
许多树在秋天落叶。
The sun shed warmth and light.
太阳散发出热和光。
