shells
英 ['ʃelz] 美 ['ʃelz]

n.

（贝、卵、坚果等的）壳( shell的名词复数 )；外壳；炮弹；（人的）表面性格

英英释义

shell

• n.
  • ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
  • the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
  • hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

    同义词：carapacecuticleshield

  • the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
  • the exterior covering of a bird's egg

    同义词：eggshell

  • a rigid covering that envelops an object

    "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"

  • a very light narrow racing boat

    同义词：racing shell

  • the housing or outer covering of something

    同义词：casecasing

  • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

    同义词：platescale

  • the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc
• v.
  • use explosives on

    "The enemy has been shelling us all day"

    同义词：blast

  • fall out of the pod or husk

    "The corn shelled"

  • hit the pitches of hard and regularly

    "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"

  • look for and collect shells by the seashore
  • come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

    同义词：beatbeat outcrushtrouncevanquish

  • remove from its shell or outer covering

    "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"

  • remove the husks from

    同义词：husk

词组短语

cylindrical shell柱状壳体；筒壳

shell structure壳结构

in the shell尚未成熟，在酝酿之中

outer shell外壳层，外壳

spherical shell球壳

shell element壳元素，壳单元；壳元；壳体元素

shell side壳程

shell thickness凝固壳厚度；管炮厚度；壳壁厚度

egg shell[医]卵壳

metal shell金属外壳

coconut shell椰子壳

shell out[口]付款；还账；为…提供

steel shell钢壳；钢制炉体

walnut shell胡桃壳

conical shell锥壳；圆锥壳；锥形薄壳

shell fabric面料；面布

shell plate[机]锅筒板；壳板

soft shell软壳

tank shell罐板（壳）；油罐壳体

tortoise shell龟甲；一种类似龟甲的蝴蝶

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双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. I'd like to pick sea shells this afternoon.
   今天下午我想去捡贝壳。
2. It is fun picking up various shells on the beach.
   在海浜捡各种贝壳是很有趣的。

权威例句

Mineralogy of oxygen-rich dust shells.
Lanthanum complexes of spheroidal carbon shells
Singular hypersurfaces and thin shells in general relativity
Novel Hollow Polymer Shells by Colloid‐Templated Assembly of Polyelectrolytes
Self-Consistent Field Theory for Open Shells of Electronic Systems
Nonlinear finite element analysis of shells: Part I. three-dimensional shells
Interaction between the d-Shells in the Transition Metals. IV. The Intrinsic Antiferromagnetic Character of Iron
A kinetics and thermodynamics study of methylene blue adsorption on wheat shells
Epitaxial Growth and Photochemical Annealing of Graded CdS/ZnS Shells on Colloidal CdSe Nanorods
Large Elastic Deformations of Isotropic Materials. IX. The Deformation of Thin Shells