Shell
[ʃel] or [ʃɛl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod.
(noun.) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun.
(noun.) the housing or outer covering of something; 'the clock has a walnut case'.
(noun.) a very light narrow racing boat.
(noun.) a rigid covering that envelops an object; 'the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice'.
(noun.) the exterior covering of a bird's egg.
(noun.) the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts.
(noun.) the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals.
(verb.) remove from its shell or outer covering; 'shell the legumes'; 'shell mussels'.
(verb.) look for and collect shells by the seashore.
(verb.) hit the pitches of hard and regularly; 'He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning'.
(verb.) fall out of the pod or husk; 'The corn shelled'.
整理:奥蒂斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
(n.) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
(n.) A pod.
(n.) The hard covering of an egg.
(n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
(n.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
(n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
(n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
(n.) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
(n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
(n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
(n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
(n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
(n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
(n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
(v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
(v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
(v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
(v. i.) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
(v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
(v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
錄入:罗宾逊
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Case, capsule, outer covering.[2]. Bomb, hollow ball.[3]. Frame-work.[4]. Lyre, stringed instrument.
v. a. [1]. Take out of the shell, strip the shell from, hull.[2]. Bombard.
v. n. Exfoliate, fall off, peel off, shell off.
戴维斯整理
解釋/意思:
n. a term applied to the hard outer covering or skeleton of many animals to the internal skeleton of some invertebrates and to the outer covering-of the eggs of various animals: any framework: the outer ear: a testaceous mollusc: any frail structure: a frail boat: a rough kind of coffin: an instrument of music: a bomb: a hollow projectile containing a bursting charge of gunpowder or other explosive ignited at the required instant by means of either time or percussion fuses: the thin coating of copper on an electrotype: an intermediate class in some schools.—v.t. to break off the shell: to remove the shell from: to take out of the shell: to throw shells or bombs upon to bombard.—v.i. to fall off like a shell: to cast the shell.—ns. Shellac (she-lak′ shel′ak) Shell′-lac lac prepared in thin plates for making varnish &c.—v.t. to coat with shellac.—ns. Shell′-back an old sailor a barnacle; Shell′-bark either of two North American hickories.—adj. Shelled having a shell testaceous.—ns. Shell′er one who shells or husks; Shell′fish a popular term for many aquatic animals not fishes esp. oysters clams and all molluscs and crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters; Shell′-gun a cannon used for throwing shells esp. horizontally: Shell′-heap a prehistoric accumulation of shells &c. pointing back to a race that lived on shellfish; Shell′-ice ice no longer supported by the water beneath; Shell′-jack′et an undress military jacket; Shell′-lime lime procured from the shells of shellfish by burning; Shell′-lime′stone a limestone largely consisting of shells; Shell′-marl a white earthy deposit resulting from the accumulation of fragments of shells; Shell′-mound a shell-heap; Shell′-or′nament decoration in which any shell-form is prominent.—adj. Shell′proof proof against or able to resist shells or bombs.—ns. Shell′-room a magazine on board ship where shells are stored; Shell′-sand sand consisting in great part of fragments of shells and often containing a small proportion of organic matter a very useful manure for clay soils heavy loams and newly-reclaimed bogs; Shell′work work composed of or adorned with shells.—adj. Shell′y consisting of a shell: testaceous.—Shell out (slang) to hand over as money.
贝蒂整理
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To see oyster shells in your dreams, denotes that you will be frustrated in your attempt to secure the fortune of another.
To walk among and gather shells in your dream, denotes extravagance. Pleasure will leave you naught but exasperating regrets and memories. See Mussels and Oysters.
校對:米里亚姆
例句/造句/用法:
- A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The glyptodon was a monstrous South American armadillo, and a human skeleton has been found by Roth buried beneath its huge tortoise-like shell. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The gypsy aimed carefully and fired and as he jerked the bolt back and ejected the shell Robert Jordan said, Over. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Seashells when held to the ear seem to contain the roar of the sea; this is because the air within the shell is set into sympathetic vibrations by some external tone. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Vice,' said the surgeon, replacing the curtain, 'takes up her abode in many temples; and who can say that a fair outside shell not enshrine her? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- On the heights of the Andes he found marine shell foss ils at a height of fourteen thousand feet above sea-level. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Now how did those masses of oyster-shells get there? 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- There are very few shells for this _m醧uina_, so I will keep it, Robert Jordan said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- But shells and seaweed would adhere to the non-corroded surface, and hence the process was not entirely successful. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The Japanese produce them by fastening a piece of mother-of-pearl in the shells of the pearl-oyster and allowing it to remain there for a number of years. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They were clean, nice oyster shells, large, and just like any other oyster shells. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Within the last decade or so shells have been invented with the design simply to shatter or fracture the plate by which the way is broken for subsequent shots. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He said the Austrians had a great amount of artillery in the woods along Ternova ridge beyond and above us, and shelled the roads badly at night. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- As far as I could make out the last mile or so of the new road where it started to level out would be able to be shelled steadily by the Austrians. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Under the shelling men had been cowards and had run. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- You better wait until the shelling is over, the major said over his shoulder. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- They are shelling quite a little still but it is all over. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Dost wish to bring on a shelling? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- There was still a certain amount of shelling, he said, but not many wounded. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- There was no shelling. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- On the 8th of July Sherman was within ten miles of Jackson and on the 11th was close up to the defences of the city and shelling the town. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
整理:米莉