A shearer is a person whose job is to cut the wool off a sheep, close to the skin, with special shears or a powered handpiece. The work is fast, skilled, and hard on the back.

A shearer剪羊毛工是with special shears or a powered handpiece用專用剪刀或動力剪毛機、close to the skin緊貼皮膚地a person whose job is to cut the wool off a sheep把羊毛剪下來的人。The work這工作做起來fast快、skilled需要技術，and hard on the back而且傷背。

You hear the word most in places with big sheep farms — Australia and New Zealand especially, where shearing is a real trade and teams travel from farm to farm. In a story or a film about wool, this is the worker you meet.

in places with big sheep farms在有大型養羊場的地方——Australia and New Zealand especially尤其是澳洲和紐西蘭，You hear the word most最常聽到這個字，where shearing is a real trade在那裡剪羊毛是一門真正的行業and teams travel from farm to farm剪羊毛隊會從一個農場跑到另一個農場。In a story or a film about wool在講羊毛的故事或電影裡，this is the worker you meet這就是你會遇到的工人。

It is a job name, not a casual nickname, and it is not a hairdresser: human hair is a different job. It also does not usually mean someone who cuts metal in a factory.

It is a job name這是一個職業名稱，not a casual nickname不是隨口取的綽號，and it is not a hairdresser也不是理髮師：human hair is a different job剪人的頭髮是另一種工作。It also does not usually mean它通常也不是指someone who cuts metal in a factory在工廠裡剪金屬的人。

From the verb shear (to cut wool) plus -er, the person who does it.

From the verb shear (to cut wool)來自動詞shear（剪毛），plus -er加上-er，the person who does it就是做這件事的人。