shred
US: /ˈʃɹɛd/
UK: /ʃɹˈɛd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
shred /ʃred/- danh từ
- miếng nhỏ, mảnh vụn
- to tear something into shreds: xé cái gì ra từng mảnh
- một tí, một chút, một mảnh
- not a shred of evidence: không một tí chứng cớ nào cả
- to tear an argument to shred: hoàn toàn bác bỏ một lý lẽ
- miếng nhỏ, mảnh vụn
- ngoại động từ shredded, shred
- cắt thành miếng nhỏ, xé thành mảnh nhỏ
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb (-dd-) [VN] to cut or tear sth into small pieces: Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. + He was accused of shredding documents relating to the case (= putting them in a SHREDDER).
+ noun
1 [usually pl.] a small thin piece that has been torn or cut from sth: shreds of fabric / paper + His jacket had been torn to shreds by the barbed wire. + Cut the orange peel into thin shreds.
2 [usually sing.] ~ of sth (used especially in negative sentences) a very small amount of sth: There is not a shred of evidence to support his claim. + Couldn't he leave her some shred of dignity?
Idioms: in shreds
1 very badly damaged: Her nerves were in shreds. + The country's economy is in shreds.
2 torn in many places: The document was in shreds on the floor.
pick / pull / tear sb/sth to pieces / shreds (informal) to criticize sb, or their work or ideas, very severely
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 scrap, fragment, bit, tatter, sliver, snippet, rag, remnant, chip, piece; atom, trace, whit, grain, jot or tittle, scintilla, trace, hint, suggestion, iota, speck:
We found shreds from his shirt caught on the thorn-bushes. There isn't a shred of evidence to suggest that she killed him.
v.
2 fragment, tear (up), tatter, rip (up); destroy, demolish; throw away, dispose of, scrap, US trash:
At the news of the break-in, he dashed to his office and shredded the incriminating evidence.
Collocation
1 small thin piece of sth
ADJ.
fine, thin | tattered
the tattered shreds of their flag
PREP.
in/into ~s
Cut the orange peel into fine shreds. (figurative) Their economy is in shreds.
| ~ of
leaving just a few shreds of cloth
PHRASES
cut/rip/tear sth to shreds
(figurative) Their case was torn to shreds by the defence lawyer.
2 very small amount of sth
ADJ.
every
With her had gone every shred of hope he had for the future.
| last, remaining
She was hanging on to the last remaining shreds of her reputation.
PREP.
~ of
There is not a shred of doubt in my mind that we will win.
PHRASES
not a/the slightest shred of sth, not/without a shred of evidence
ADV.
finely
Shred the lettuce leaves finely.
Concise dictionary
shredded|shredding|shredsʃrednoun
+a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
+a small piece of cloth or paper
verb
+tear into shreds
