| 释义 | hard-shell
 hard-shell(härd′shĕl′)n. A hard-shell clam or hard-shell crab.adj. also hard-shelled (-shĕld′)1.  Having a thick, heavy, or hardened shell.2.  Uncompromising; confirmed.hard-shelladj  1.  (Zoology) zoology having a shell or carapace that is thick, heavy, or hard  2.  US strictly orthodox   n  (Animals) Also called: hard-shell clam another name for quahoghard′-shell′
 adj.  Also, hard′-shelled′.   1.  having a firm, hard shell, as a crab in its normal state; not having recently molted.    2.  rigid or uncompromising.  n.    3.  hard-shell crab.  [1790–1800] Thesaurus
 hard-shelladjectiveFirmly established by long standing:confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, irradicable, set, settled.EncyclopediaSeequahoghard-shell
 Synonyms for hard-shelladj firmly established by long standingSynonymsconfirmeddeep-rooteddeep-seatedentrenchedineradicableingrainedinveterateirradicablesetsettled
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