shell
pronunciation
UK [ʃel]
US [ʃel]
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- n.
- (贝、卵、坚果等的)壳
- 外壳
- 炮弹
- (人的)表面性格
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- vt.
- 去壳,脱落
- 炮击
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- vi.
- 剥皮
- 炮轰
Word Origin
shell 壳,壳体,外壳,炮弹
来自古英语 scell,贝壳,蛋壳,来自 Proto-Germanic*skaljo,分开,切开,来自 PIE*skel,切, 分,词源同 scale,shelf.引申诸相关比喻义。
Synonym
outer oyster crust integument shuch coat peel theca epicarp testa husk exuviae involucre skin shield cloak carapace sheathing nautilus sheath jacket protection bark wrapping mollusk rind shell clam conch tegument chaff scallop coating periwinkle triton covering pod wrapper cortex casing mussel envelope hard hull
Example
- 1. This will only apply when working from a shell .
- 这只适用于从外壳程序运行时。
- 2. Pierre marcolini 's christmas shell pralines are a thing of wonder .
- 皮埃尔马克里尼的圣诞点心带壳果仁糖是个好东西。
- 3. Palestinian sources said a single tank shell killed 12 other people in northern gaza .
- 巴勒斯坦消息称一枚单坦克炮弹在加沙北部炸死了12个人。
- 4. Slowly , like a shell , the world opens and light floods in .
- 世界像是贝壳一样逐渐地打开,光如洪水般涌入。
- 5. In libya , that means strikes on colonel muammar qaddafi 's ground forces if they start to shell towns .
- 对于利比亚,这意味着如果穆阿迈尔卡扎菲的地面部队开始炮轰城镇,他们将会受到军事打击。
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