| 释义 |
shuck
I. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
obsolete : to shrink back : recoil
< bitter pills, at which we so wince and shuck — John Bunyan >
II. \ˈshək\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : an outer covering : husk, shell, pod: as
a. : the husk of Indian corn
b. : the outer covering of a nut (as the walnut, peanut, chestnut)
c. : the shell of an oyster or clam
d. : the dried calyx of the peach flower usually pushed off by the expanding fruit
e. : the nymphal cuticle cast off by a subimago mayfly
2. : a cigarette or cigar rolled in corn shucks
3. : something of little value — usually used in the plural often interjectionally
< not worth shucks >
< don't care shucks about it >
< can't sing for shucks >
< no great shucks for looks >
< shucks, that's not worth talking about >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to strip the shucks or husks from
< shuck corn >
< shuck peas >
2. : to remove (as an oyster) from the shell
3.
a. : to peel off or remove (as clothing) — often used with off
< shucked off his clothes and slid between the sheets — Clements Ripley >
b. : to lay aside : slough off : discard — usually used with off
< some of the bad habits are being shucked off — A.W.Smith >
intransitive verb
: to take off or slip out of a covering (as clothes) — usually used with out of
< went to my room and shucked out of my soaked clothes — J.R.Phillips >
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
dialect England : a spectral hound whose appearance is held to presage a calamity
I. \ˈshək\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
: a wily deception : sham
II. \"\ intransitive verb
: to talk or act deceptively
transitive verb
: deceive : trick |