| 单词 | shuck |
| 释义 | shuck shuck1 —shucker, n. /shuk/, n. 1. a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc. 2. Usually, shucks. Informal. something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project. 3. the shell of an oyster or clam. v.t. 4. to remove the shucks from: to shuck corn. 5. to remove or discard as or like shucks; peel off: to shuck one's clothes. 6. Slang. to get rid of (often fol. by off): a bad habit I couldn't shuck off for years. interj. 7. shucks, Informal. (used as a mild exclamation of disgust or regret.) [1665-75; orig. uncert.] shuck2 /shuk/, v.t. Slang. to deceive or lie to. [1955-60; orig. uncert.; perh. from exclamation shucks! (see SHUCK1) taken as a feigned sign of rural ignorance or a sham apology] |
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