shred

• n. 断片；小さな残り；最小限の；ぼろ切れ
• vt.千切りにする；シュレッダーで裂く
• vi.

古英語のscreadian「細断する」から。原語ゲルマン語*skrauth「切る、裂く」から。PIE*sker「切る、裂く」と同源で、shear、share、shardと同じ語源。

shred

shred: [OE] A shred is etymologically a ‘cut’ piece. The word comes ultimately from the prehistoric West Germanic base *skraud-, *skreud-, *skrud- ‘cut’, source also of English shroud. From it was formed the noun *skrautha, which has evolved into German schrot, Dutch schroot, and English shred, and has also, via a circuitous route, given English scroll.
=> scroll, shroud

shred (v.)

Old English screadian "to peel, prune, cut off," from Proto-Germanic *skrauth- (cognates: Middle Dutch scroden, Dutch schroeien, Old High German scrotan, German schroten "to shred"), from root of shred (n.). Meaning "cut or tear into shreds" is from 1610s. Related: Shredded; shredding.

shred (n.)

Old English screade "piece cut off, cutting, scrap," from Proto-Germanic *skrauth- (cognates: Old Frisian skred "a cutting, clipping," Middle Dutch schroode "shred," Middle Low German schrot "piece cut off," Old High German scrot, "scrap, shred, a cutting, piece cut off," German Schrot ""log, block, small shot"," Old Norse skrydda "shriveled skin"), from PIE *skreu- "to cut; cutting tool," extension of root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).

1. He was left without a shred of self-esteem.

彼の自尊心は消えた。

2.Finely shred the carrots,cabbage and cored apples.

ニンジン、キャベツを千切りにし、リンゴに核を取り除いた。

3.He instructed staff to shred sensitive documents.

従業員に機密書類をシュレッダーで廃棄するように命じた。

4.There is not a shred of truth in what he says.

彼の言っていることはすべて人をだますでたらめだ。

5.There was not a shred of truth in what he said.

彼の言っていることはすべて嘘だ。