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

husk1

/hʌsk

noun

1The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds: the fibrous husk of the coconut [mass noun]: oats contain more husk than barley...

In the fall, plants produce and discard gorgeous seeds, seed pods, husks, and pinecones.
She uses real leaves, seeds, husks and pods, building on their natural form and texture and drenching them in colour.
Here, however, there was nothing; no birds flying overhead, no rodents, no chewed branches or seed husks, no droppings of any kind.

Synonyms

shell, hull, pod, case, casing, covering, seed case;

rind, skin, peel;

(husks) chaff, bran;

North American shuck

technical pericarp, capsule, legume

rare integument

1.1A dry or rough outer layer, especially when it is empty of its contents: the husks of dead bugs...

The food contains the grit from the quern stones and the husks of the rough unengineered wheat used to make the bread.
But the symptoms of deprivation are much the same as those of excess, and I am left weak and drained, an empty husk until I take another dose.
The used feeder was cleared of its empty husks and weighed.

verb [with object]

Remove the husk or husks from: they set up mills to husk the rice...

Much of the work of the household is gender-specific, with women working longer hours than men and responsible for the hard work of hauling water and firewood and husking the rice.
Women are responsible for much heavy work - hauling water for the household and, in the absence of rice mills, pounding the rice in big mortars of hollowed out logs to husk it.
One day while I was husking maize, after my daily devotion, my father's mother came and sat by me.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably from Low German hūske 'sheath', literally 'little house'.

Rhymes

husk2

/hʌsk

noun [mass noun]

1Bronchitis in cattle, sheep, or pigs caused by parasitic infestation, typically marked by a husky cough.

2Huskiness: the husk in her voice

verb [with direct speech]

Say something in a husky voice: ‘What big blue eyes you have,’ husked Lorenzo...

‘Say the word and it's yours…’ the voice husked, he could feel the warm breath brush his ear tauntingly, a brush of silk against his arm.

Origin

Early 18th century: partly from husky¹, partly from the earlier verb husk '(of a farm animal) cough'.

单词	husk
释义	husk1 /hʌsk / noun 1The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds: the fibrous husk of the coconut [mass noun]: oats contain more husk than barley... In the fall, plants produce and discard gorgeous seeds, seed pods, husks, and pinecones. She uses real leaves, seeds, husks and pods, building on their natural form and texture and drenching them in colour. Here, however, there was nothing; no birds flying overhead, no rodents, no chewed branches or seed husks, no droppings of any kind. Synonyms shell, hull, pod, case, casing, covering, seed case; rind, skin, peel; (husks) chaff, bran; North American shuck technical pericarp, capsule, legume rare integument 1.1A dry or rough outer layer, especially when it is empty of its contents: the husks of dead bugs... The food contains the grit from the quern stones and the husks of the rough unengineered wheat used to make the bread. But the symptoms of deprivation are much the same as those of excess, and I am left weak and drained, an empty husk until I take another dose. The used feeder was cleared of its empty husks and weighed. verb [with object] Remove the husk or husks from: they set up mills to husk the rice... Much of the work of the household is gender-specific, with women working longer hours than men and responsible for the hard work of hauling water and firewood and husking the rice. Women are responsible for much heavy work - hauling water for the household and, in the absence of rice mills, pounding the rice in big mortars of hollowed out logs to husk it. One day while I was husking maize, after my daily devotion, my father's mother came and sat by me. Origin Late Middle English: probably from Low German hūske 'sheath', literally 'little house'. Rhymes busk, dusk, musk, rusk, tusk husk2 /hʌsk / noun [mass noun] 1Bronchitis in cattle, sheep, or pigs caused by parasitic infestation, typically marked by a husky cough. 2Huskiness: the husk in her voice verb [with direct speech] Say something in a husky voice: ‘What big blue eyes you have,’ husked Lorenzo... ‘Say the word and it's yours…’ the voice husked, he could feel the warm breath brush his ear tauntingly, a brush of silk against his arm. Origin Early 18th century: partly from husky¹, partly from the earlier verb husk '(of a farm animal) cough'.
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