英语词汇“shell”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

shell

/ʃɛl

noun

1The hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean: cowrie shells [mass noun]: the technique of carving shell...

Mollusc shells are made primarily of calcium carbonate, with traces of strontium and other elements.
The fossiliferous horizons occur in greenish to greyish siltstones and brown to black fissile shales associated with mollusc shells.
They are cousins of seashells, but instead of having a protective shell, most of them are poisonous.

Synonyms

carapace, outside, exterior;

armour

1.1The thin outer covering of an animal’s egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.As the birds accumulated the toxins in their fat reserves, the shells in their clutches thinned and broke easily, or never hatched....

The female will lay only 4 to 10 eggs, which have leathery shells.
DDT does not directly kill birds but rather thins the shells of their eggs.

1.2The outer case of a nut kernel or seed: peanuts roasted in their shells...

They must be taken from the vines while the outer shell and the seeds are very tender; otherwise they are not good.
Some of you may wonder how locals manage to work the edible kernel from its black shell within seconds, while holding a conversation.
Crack a handful of whole new season's walnuts, remove the kernels from the shells and halve them and quarter.

Synonyms

pod, casing, case, husk, hull;

integument, cover, covering;

North American shuck

1.3The carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.Turtle shells are constructed with a layer of epidermal scutes overlying a layer of dermal bone....

The newest types of tags are attached to things like shark fins and sea turtle shells.
Their teeth, which cut in both directions, are like razor blades, perfectly evolved for cutting through turtle shells and bone.

1.4The wing cases of a beetle.I peer into a stand of smoking hot woks, thinking I still have room for more, then suddenly I make out the crystallised wings and shells of dragonflies and beetles....

For over 30 years he has been studying the shells of beetles that have been preserved for thousands, even millions of years.
There were large piles of insect parts being piled up outside the nest, beetle shells, a bee head, dead ants.

1.5The integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.When maggots have completed their development they convert their last larval skin into a puparium, a hardened shell within which the pupa develops....

White cobwebs hung from one corner of the shop, the occupant long since dead, molt shells from various insects scattered across the floor.
But she apologised for an omission by the assistant director who failed to disclose the discovery of pupa shells in public pools.

1.6 (one's shell) Used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion: she’ll soon come out of her shell with the right encouragement...

She's going to break out of her shell to figure out who she really is.

2An explosive artillery projectile or bomb: the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion [as modifier]: shell holes...

Now we once again need to protect our dugouts and shelters, especially at command and control facilities, from direct hits of artillery shells and air bombs.
It could also come suddenly and violently from the tooth-and-nail struggle for survival, or from German bombs and artillery shells.
They provide the explosive force delivered by hand grenades, bombs, and artillery shells.

Synonyms

projectile, bomb;

grenade;

bullet, cartridge, shot

rare trajectile

2.1A hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.Exploding shells - initially hollow metal spheres filled with gunpowder - were first introduced in the second half of the 16th century....

Some shells contain explosives designed to crackle in the sky, or whistles that explode outward with the stars.
Its shells contain fuel-air explosives that on detonation form a ball of fire, creating a powerful blast effect.

2.2North American A cartridge.On the other hand, I have heard good-old-boys call rifle and handgun rounds shells....

He shouted as he darted around and blasted several rounds of hot shells into the darkness, but suddenly, Saints took this chance and began firing.
We carried semi-automatic rifles and shotguns with hollow point shells designed to pierce a boarder's hull right below the water line.

3Something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case: pasta shells baked pastry shells filled with cheese...

Prepare the pastry shell to bake blind - line with a piece of greaseproof or parchment paper and fill with beans.
Cut out a piece of greaseproof or parchment paper to put into the pastry shell and fill with beans (any old beans, rice or pasta).
Fred runs and gets some pasta shells and cheese to feed his drivers from the officers' tent where the major has already begun to tend to the wounded.

3.1The walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure: the hotel was a shell, the roof having collapsed completely...

The building is a mere shell - cement-block walls, tin roof, benches inside, bare floor.
The buildings are shells with walls covered in mildew and grass growing through the floors as high as the ceilings.
The building was a shell with the roof having fallen in and walls caving in.

3.2An outer form without substance: he was a shell of the man he had been previously...

It is a nursery of humanity that cares for blending values with education, moulds character with learning and supplies substance to the shell of symbols.
He felt like an empty shell, without substance or energy.
It is a living, dynamic process which must be worked at by you yourself - or it ceases to be democracy, even if the shell and form remains.

4The metal framework of a vehicle body.As they closed a hatch, a dozen of men appeared on the platform, but their blasters could not do any harm to the metal shell of the vehicle....

We passed several more smoking shells of vehicles destroyed by the resistance - more fuel tankers, more blasted APCs.
Even when the shell of a vehicle already exists, as it did in this case, the vehicle-design schedule traditionally spans about three years.

Synonyms

framework, frame, chassis, skeleton, basic structure;

hull, exterior

4.1A light racing boat.The glow from the rising sun reflects off the sleek rowing shells as they glide on the Mississippi River....

The classic built-for-speed vessel is the racing shell because its human cargo is also its engine.
As I row in my racing shell, I flash back to Muller's words.

4.2An inner or roughly made coffin.

4.3The hand guard of a sword.

5 Physics Each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies: in a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first an electron descending from one shell to a lower one emits an X-ray...

Around each atomic nucleus, electrons occupy energy levels termed shells.
The higher the atomic number, the more shells and electrons an atom will have.
At this time, the maximum number of electron orbitals or electron shells for any element is seven.

6 Computing short for shell program.All UNIX / Linux shells support output redirection using the same syntax....

On the write-in side, a collection of text editors and shells claimed most of the votes.
To be truly productive with Linux, you need to thoroughly master the shells and the command line.

verb [with object]

1Bombard with shells: several villages north of the security zone were shelled...

Before being relived by the 94th Infantry later that day, the 5th Ranger Battalion was shelled one more time with some casualties taken.
We have as much right to shell the enemy army's central headquarters as to shell its frontline positions.
But they knew our gun positions and they shelled us as they drew nearer.

Synonyms

bombard, fire on, open fire on, shoot at, attack, pound, bomb, blitz, strafe

archaic cannonade

1.1 Baseball Score heavily against (an opposing pitcher or team): Williams got shelled in the next inning...

It is no more a sign of weakness to change leadership in wartime if success depends on it than it is to remove a baseball pitcher who is getting shelled in order to prevent the game from becoming hopelessly lost.
He was a huge disappointment this year, getting shelled this spring and then at AAA.
The right-hander was desperately trying to figure out why he was constantly being shelled last season.

2Remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed): they were shelling peas (as adjective shelled) shelled Brazil nuts...

Substitute shelled pistachios for nuts in any recipe you fancy.
Green nuts are shelled, boiled to mellow the flavour, and sun dried.
I have witnessed expats shelling seeds with ease so, although I can't speak from experience, I know that it can be done.

Synonyms

extract;

husk, hull, pod;

North American shuck

Phrasal verbs

shell something out

Derivatives

shell-less

adjective ...

Take time for the little things in life: Scour the reef for tiny iridescent nudibranchs, the shell-less underwater snail cousins that are prolific in Hawaii.
See, if cakes can be flourless, prawns can be shell-less!
It is a small and monophyletic taxon of marine, shell-less molluscs.

shelly

adjective ...

The early Cambrian fossil record is characterized by unique skeletal assemblages that include the spongelike archaeocyathans and a number of mostly problematic small skeletal elements, known collectively as small shelly fossils.
In addition to typical Ediacaran taxa, such as the cosmopolitan Pteridinium, the shelly fossil Cloudina first appears slightly below the earliest Ediacaran fossils, extends throughout the Ediacaran range, and into the Cambrian.
Certainly the Cambrian record is deeply biased in favour of shelly fossils, as revealed by the exceptionally preserved Burgess Shale and Chengjiang biotas, where the vast majority of taxa and individuals were non-biomineralizing.

shellproof

adjective

sense 2 of the noun.

Origin

Old English scell (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schel 'scale, shell', also to scale¹. The verb dates from the mid 16th century in sense 2 of the verb.

The Old English scell is Germanic in origin, related to Dutch schel ‘scale, shell’ and English scale. Use of the word as a term for an explosive projectile dates from the mid 17th century, suggested by the metal protective casing for the powder. Shell shock dates from the First World War. The notion of a shell as a place to which to withdraw (go into one's shell) dates from the early 19th century.

单词	shell
释义	shell /ʃɛl / noun 1The hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean: cowrie shells [mass noun]: the technique of carving shell... Mollusc shells are made primarily of calcium carbonate, with traces of strontium and other elements. The fossiliferous horizons occur in greenish to greyish siltstones and brown to black fissile shales associated with mollusc shells. They are cousins of seashells, but instead of having a protective shell, most of them are poisonous. Synonyms carapace, outside, exterior; armour 1.1The thin outer covering of an animal’s egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.As the birds accumulated the toxins in their fat reserves, the shells in their clutches thinned and broke easily, or never hatched.... The female will lay only 4 to 10 eggs, which have leathery shells. DDT does not directly kill birds but rather thins the shells of their eggs. 1.2The outer case of a nut kernel or seed: peanuts roasted in their shells... They must be taken from the vines while the outer shell and the seeds are very tender; otherwise they are not good. Some of you may wonder how locals manage to work the edible kernel from its black shell within seconds, while holding a conversation. Crack a handful of whole new season's walnuts, remove the kernels from the shells and halve them and quarter. Synonyms pod, casing, case, husk, hull; integument, cover, covering; North American shuck 1.3The carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.Turtle shells are constructed with a layer of epidermal scutes overlying a layer of dermal bone.... The newest types of tags are attached to things like shark fins and sea turtle shells. Their teeth, which cut in both directions, are like razor blades, perfectly evolved for cutting through turtle shells and bone. 1.4The wing cases of a beetle.I peer into a stand of smoking hot woks, thinking I still have room for more, then suddenly I make out the crystallised wings and shells of dragonflies and beetles.... For over 30 years he has been studying the shells of beetles that have been preserved for thousands, even millions of years. There were large piles of insect parts being piled up outside the nest, beetle shells, a bee head, dead ants. 1.5The integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.When maggots have completed their development they convert their last larval skin into a puparium, a hardened shell within which the pupa develops.... White cobwebs hung from one corner of the shop, the occupant long since dead, molt shells from various insects scattered across the floor. But she apologised for an omission by the assistant director who failed to disclose the discovery of pupa shells in public pools. 1.6 (one's shell) Used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion: she’ll soon come out of her shell* with the right encouragement... She's going to break out of her shell to figure out who she really is. 2An explosive artillery projectile or bomb: the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion* [as modifier]: shell holes... Now we once again need to protect our dugouts and shelters, especially at command and control facilities, from direct hits of artillery shells and air bombs. It could also come suddenly and violently from the tooth-and-nail struggle for survival, or from German bombs and artillery shells. They provide the explosive force delivered by hand grenades, bombs, and artillery shells. Synonyms projectile, bomb; grenade; bullet, cartridge, shot rare trajectile 2.1A hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.Exploding shells - initially hollow metal spheres filled with gunpowder - were first introduced in the second half of the 16th century.... Some shells contain explosives designed to crackle in the sky, or whistles that explode outward with the stars. Its shells contain fuel-air explosives that on detonation form a ball of fire, creating a powerful blast effect. 2.2North American A cartridge.On the other hand, I have heard good-old-boys call rifle and handgun rounds shells.... He shouted as he darted around and blasted several rounds of hot shells into the darkness, but suddenly, Saints took this chance and began firing. We carried semi-automatic rifles and shotguns with hollow point shells designed to pierce a boarder's hull right below the water line. 3Something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case: pasta shells baked pastry shells filled with cheese... Prepare the pastry shell to bake blind - line with a piece of greaseproof or parchment paper and fill with beans. Cut out a piece of greaseproof or parchment paper to put into the pastry shell and fill with beans (any old beans, rice or pasta). Fred runs and gets some pasta shells and cheese to feed his drivers from the officers' tent where the major has already begun to tend to the wounded. 3.1The walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure: the hotel was a shell, the roof having collapsed completely... The building is a mere shell - cement-block walls, tin roof, benches inside, bare floor. The buildings are shells with walls covered in mildew and grass growing through the floors as high as the ceilings. The building was a shell with the roof having fallen in and walls caving in. 3.2An outer form without substance: he was a shell of the man he had been previously... It is a nursery of humanity that cares for blending values with education, moulds character with learning and supplies substance to the shell of symbols. He felt like an empty shell, without substance or energy. It is a living, dynamic process which must be worked at by you yourself - or it ceases to be democracy, even if the shell and form remains. 4The metal framework of a vehicle body.As they closed a hatch, a dozen of men appeared on the platform, but their blasters could not do any harm to the metal shell of the vehicle.... We passed several more smoking shells of vehicles destroyed by the resistance - more fuel tankers, more blasted APCs. Even when the shell of a vehicle already exists, as it did in this case, the vehicle-design schedule traditionally spans about three years. Synonyms framework, frame, chassis, skeleton, basic structure; hull, exterior 4.1A light racing boat.The glow from the rising sun reflects off the sleek rowing shells as they glide on the Mississippi River.... The classic built-for-speed vessel is the racing shell because its human cargo is also its engine. As I row in my racing shell, I flash back to Muller's words. 4.2An inner or roughly made coffin. 4.3The hand guard of a sword. 5 Physics Each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies: in a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first an electron descending from one shell to a lower one emits an X-ray... Around each atomic nucleus, electrons occupy energy levels termed shells. The higher the atomic number, the more shells and electrons an atom will have. At this time, the maximum number of electron orbitals or electron shells for any element is seven. 6 Computing short for shell program.All UNIX / Linux shells support output redirection using the same syntax.... On the write-in side, a collection of text editors and shells claimed most of the votes. To be truly productive with Linux, you need to thoroughly master the shells and the command line. verb [with object] 1Bombard with shells: several villages north of the security zone were shelled... Before being relived by the 94th Infantry later that day, the 5th Ranger Battalion was shelled one more time with some casualties taken. We have as much right to shell the enemy army's central headquarters as to shell its frontline positions. But they knew our gun positions and they shelled us as they drew nearer. Synonyms bombard, fire on, open fire on, shoot at, attack, pound, bomb, blitz, strafe archaic cannonade 1.1 Baseball Score heavily against (an opposing pitcher or team): Williams got shelled in the next inning... It is no more a sign of weakness to change leadership in wartime if success depends on it than it is to remove a baseball pitcher who is getting shelled in order to prevent the game from becoming hopelessly lost. He was a huge disappointment this year, getting shelled this spring and then at AAA. The right-hander was desperately trying to figure out why he was constantly being shelled last season. 2Remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed): they were shelling peas (as adjective shelled) shelled Brazil nuts... Substitute shelled pistachios for nuts in any recipe you fancy. Green nuts are shelled, boiled to mellow the flavour, and sun dried. I have witnessed expats shelling seeds with ease so, although I can't speak from experience, I know that it can be done. Synonyms extract; husk, hull, pod; North American shuck Phrasal verbs shell something out Derivatives shell-less adjective ... Take time for the little things in life: Scour the reef for tiny iridescent nudibranchs, the shell-less underwater snail cousins that are prolific in Hawaii. See, if cakes can be flourless, prawns can be shell-less! It is a small and monophyletic taxon of marine, shell-less molluscs. shelly adjective ... The early Cambrian fossil record is characterized by unique skeletal assemblages that include the spongelike archaeocyathans and a number of mostly problematic small skeletal elements, known collectively as small shelly fossils. In addition to typical Ediacaran taxa, such as the cosmopolitan Pteridinium, the shelly fossil Cloudina first appears slightly below the earliest Ediacaran fossils, extends throughout the Ediacaran range, and into the Cambrian. Certainly the Cambrian record is deeply biased in favour of shelly fossils, as revealed by the exceptionally preserved Burgess Shale and Chengjiang biotas, where the vast majority of taxa and individuals were non-biomineralizing. shellproof adjective sense 2 of the noun. Origin Old English scell (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schel 'scale, shell', also to scale¹. The verb dates from the mid 16th century in sense 2 of the verb. The Old English scell is Germanic in origin, related to Dutch schel ‘scale, shell’ and English scale. Use of the word as a term for an explosive projectile dates from the mid 17th century, suggested by the metal protective casing for the powder. Shell shock dates from the First World War. The notion of a shell as a place to which to withdraw (go into one's shell) dates from the early 19th century. Rhymes Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell
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shell

Phrasal verbs

Derivatives

shell-less

shelly

shellproof

Origin

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