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TOEFL BNC: 21444 COCA: 14430

husk

Word family 
Related topics: Plants
husk1 /hʌsk/ noun  
1. [countableC, uncountableU]HBP the dry outer part of corn, some grains, seeds, nuts etc 〔某些谷物、种子、坚果等的〕干燥外皮，壳，荚
2  [countableC] the useless outer part of something that remains after the important or useful part is gone or has been used 外壳，空壳
husk of
 His drug addiction had turned him into a husk of his former self.
毒瘾已经让他变得只剩下一副空皮囊。
Examples from the Corpus
husk• Rinse lentils before use and check for stones and husks.• Winwood's concert showed that he is just an empty husk of what he once was.• In addition, damp conditions encourage husk in cattle and fluke in sheep.• Pick the freshest corn you can; it should look moist with bright green husks.• Only his husk, his shell.• Squeeze garlic out of husk to use.• Mace is the outer husk of the nutmeg and has a strong but fragrant flavour.• Peel and discard rough outside husks of lemongrass stalks, then thinly slice cores that remain.• A Bradshaw board carries locked within its smooth husk the seed of its begetter.
Related topics: Cooking
husk2 verb [transitiveT]  
DFCTAto remove the husks from grains, seeds etc 去除…的干燥外皮；剥去…的干壳[荚]
Examples from the Corpus
husk• The Little Rann had husked him.• Further along the shore a few beachcombers were bunkered down, husking washed-up coconuts for copra; others collected shellfish.
Origin husk1
(1300-1400) Probably from Middle Dutch huuskijn, from huus “house, cover”
husk1 nounhusk2 verb
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Corpus
TOEFL BNC: 21444 COCA: 14430
TOEFL BNC: 21444 COCA: 14430
TOEFL BNC: 21444 COCA: 14430
husk
Parts of plants: aerial root, anther, beanstalk...
People who are not happy, hopeful or friendly: pessimist, cynic, defeatist...
Milling and grain processing: husk, malt, mill...

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