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单词 shell out
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shell out

phrasal verb
If you shell out for something, you spend a lot of money on it.
[informal]
You won't have to shell out a fortune for it. [V P n + for/on]
If I'm shelling out a few hundred pounds, I don't want someone telling me what Ican or can't do. [VP n]
...an insurance premium which saves you from having to shell out for repairs. [VP + for/on]
The very fact that you shelled out money to come and see us is a good sign. [V P n to-inf]
[Also V P to-inf]
See full dictionary entry for shell

shell out in British English

verb
(adverb) informal
to pay out or hand over (money)
Word origin
C19: from shell (in the sense: to remove from a pod or (figuratively) a purse)

shell out in American English

Informal
to pay out (money)
See full dictionary entry for shell

Examples of 'shell out' in a sentence
shell out

Tara was not a jewellery person, which was just as well because Finn certainly didn't have the money to shell out on chunky gold stuff.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
She sees herself as a kind of peapod, whose purpose is to split and shell out little replicas of herself.
Fay Weldon THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD (2003)

Chinese translation of 'shell out'

shell out

(inf)

vt fus

  1. to shell out money (for sth/on sth/to do sth) (为(為)某物/就某物/为(為)做某事)破费(費) ((wèi mǒuwù/jiù mǒuwù/wèi zuò mǒushì) pòfèi)

vi

  1. to shell out (for sth/on sth/to do sth) (为(為)某物/就某物/为(為)做某事)花钱(錢) ((wèi mǒuwù/jiù mǒuwù/wèi zuò mǒushì) huāqián)
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Nearby words of
shell out

  • sheik(h)
  • shelf
  • shell
  • shell out
  • shellfish
  • shelter
  • sheltered

Related terms of
shell out

  • to shell out (for sth/on sth/to do sth)
  • to shell out money (for sth/on sth/to do sth)
  • I pray that she'll never find out
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