Word familyadjectiveshelledshellyshellboundshellproofshellshockednounshellershellfulshellinessshellingshellbackshellbarkshellfireshellfishshell gameshellshockshell suitshellworkshellycoatshell
3.especially American EnglishAmEPMW a metal tubecontaining a bullet and an explosive substance 弹夹;弹药筒SYN cartridge
4TTBBUILDthe outside structure of something, especially the part of a building that remains when the rest of it has been destroyed 〔尤指建筑物遭破坏后剩下的〕空壳,空架子
shell of
the burnt-out shell of a nightclub
一家夜总会烧毁后剩下的空架子
5out of your shellSHY#becoming less shy and more confident and willing to talk to people 不再羞怯,愿意与人攀谈,开始活跃起来
I had hoped that university would bring him out of his shell.
我原来希望大学生活能够使他胆子大一点。
She’s started to come out of her shell a little.
她开始放开了一点。
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out of your shell• Middleschoolers, their teachers tell me, are as endearing as chicks just peckingout of their shells.• Mones, for example, began peekingout of his shell of mortification.
mortar shell• Unlike the solidcannonball a mortar shell is hollow and filled with gunpowder.• Hundreds of bullets were let loose - followed by tear-gas and even mortar shells - as protesters were cut down without mercy.• The exploding mortar shell has a strength of 7.• Riflegrenades, land mines, dynamite, antitank guns, mortar shells.• Another bizarre idea thought up by a general was drop-ping mortar shells from a helicopter.• A well placed mortar shell can therefore kill a great many victims at once.• The crew light the fuse before dropping the mortar shell into the mortar.• The mortar shell explodes before it is fired.
2DFCto remove something such as beans or nuts from a shell or pod 剥去〔豆荚、坚果等〕的壳
Josie was shelling peas in the kitchen.
乔茜在厨房里剥豆子。
3shell out (something)phrasal verbphr v informalPAY FORto pay a lot of money for something, especially unwillingly 〔尤指不情愿地〕花大价钱,付大笔钱
If you want the repairs done right, you’ll have to shell out at least $800.
如果你想好好修,至少得花 800 美元。
for
She ended up shelling out for two rooms.
结果两个房间花了她一大笔钱。
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shell out • Not wanting to shell out £1500 to £2500 for a replacement, he started looking around for a solution.• They had difficulties in re-paying, he took their benefit book, and they ended up shelling out £450.• He shelled out another $ 200.• But how readily will they shell out hundreds for a similar-sized piece of software?• We were expected to put our hands in our pockets and shell out regardless of whether or not we were getting value for money.• And for this sort of performance, local taxpayersshell out roughly $ 360,000 a year.
shelling peas• He knew Marshka would destroy him as effortlessly and unthinkingly as shelling peas.• We are peelingpotatoes, forming tinymeatballs, browningchicken, shelling peas.
1on eggs/nuts/some animals蛋;堅果;動物ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHELLADJECTIVE➤empty, hard, outer, protective, thick空殼;硬殼;外殼;保護殼;厚厚的殼◇She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative) 她給自己建了個“保護殼”,躲了進去。➤broken破裂的殼▸➤egg (usually eggshell)蛋殼▸➤sea (usually seashell)海貝殼▸➤conch, cowrie, mussel, oyster, snail, tortoise (usually tortoiseshell)海螺殼;寶貝殼;貽貝殼;牡蠣殼;蝸牛殼;龜殼▸➤coconut, peanut, walnut椰子殼;花生殼;胡桃殼VERB + SHELL➤have有外殼◇creatures that have shells有殼類動物➤come out of, emerge from (both oftenfigurative) 從殼中出來;開始活躍;不再羞怯◇He's really come out of his shell since he met Marie.自遇見瑪麗以後,他真的變開朗了。➤go (back) into, retreat into, withdraw into (all oftenfigurative) 縮回殼內◇The snail went back into its shell.蝸牛縮回殼裏。➤remove sth from把⋯從殼中取出◇Remove the mussels from their shells.把貽貝從殼中取出。➤break (open), crack (open)把殼打破/打開➤shed蛻殼◇Male crabs shed their shells twice a year.公螃蟹每年蛻殼兩次。shell
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2explosive weapon爆炸性武器ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHELL | SHELL + VERB | SHELL + NOUNADJECTIVE➤unexploded未爆炸的炮彈➤spent廢舊彈殼◇a heap of spent brass shells from a machine gun一堆廢舊的機關槍銅彈殼➤anti-aircraft, artillery, cannon, mortar, shotgun, tank高射炮炮彈;火炮炮彈;加農炮炮彈;迫擊炮炮彈;獵槍子彈;坦克炮炮彈➤depleted uranium, high-explosive貧鈾彈;高爆炸彈◇tank-busting guns that fired depleted uranium shells發射貧鈾彈的反坦克炮➤incoming飛來的炮彈◇The telltale sound of an incoming shell was heard.能清晰地聽到炮彈正呼嘯而來。VERB + SHELL➤load裝填炮彈▸➤fire開炮SHELL + VERB➤fly炮彈飛◇A shell flew over his head and exploded in front of him.一顆炮彈飛過他的頭頂,在他前面爆炸。➤fall, land炮彈落下/落地▸➤burst, crash, explode炮彈爆炸▸➤hit sth, strike sth炮彈擊中⋯◇Two shells hit the roof.兩顆炮彈擊中了房頂。SHELL + NOUN➤fire炮火◇They braved heavy shell fire to rescue the wounded.他們頂着密集的炮火營救傷員。➤shock彈震症;戰鬥疲勞症◇soldiers suffering from shell shock患彈震症的士兵➤case, casing, fragments, splinter炮彈殼;炮彈碎片▸➤crater彈坑shell
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3outer walls of a building建築物外壁ADJECTIVE➤concrete混凝土框架▸➤burned-out, empty, hollow (all oftenfigurative) 燒燬的外殼;空架子◇The fire reduced the school to a hollow shell.這場大火把學校燒得只剩一個空架子了。◇I had become a hollow shell.我已變成了一具空殼。