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1. Oxford Dictionary

   shell

   • IPA[ʃɛl]

   英式

   • n.
     the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean；the thin outer covering of an animal's egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.
   • v.
     bombard with shells；score heavily against (an opposing pitcher or team)

   • verb: shell, 3rd person present: shells, gerund or present participle: shelling, past tense: shelled, past participle: shelled

   • noun: shell, plural noun: shells

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean cowrie shells the technique of carving shell 同義詞 carapace, outside, exterior, armour
   • ▪ the thin outer covering of an animal's egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.
   • ▪ the outer case of a nut kernel or seed peanuts roasted in their shells 同義詞 pod, casing, case, husk, hull, ... 更多integument, cover, covering, shuck
   • ▪ the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.
   • ▪ the wing cases of a beetle.
   • ▪ the integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.
   • ▪ used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion she'll soon come out of her shell with the right encouragement
   • 2. an explosive artillery projectile or bomb the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion shell holes 同義詞 projectile, bomb, grenade, bullet, cartridge, ... 更多shot, raretrajectile
   • ▪ a hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.
   • ▪ North American a cartridge.
   • 3. something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case pasta shells baked pastry shells filled with cheese
   • ▪ the walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure the hotel was a shell, the roof having collapsed completely
   • ▪ an outer form without substance he was a shell of the man he had been previously
   • 4. the metal framework of a vehicle body. 同義詞 framework, frame, chassis, skeleton, basic structure, ... 更多hull, exterior
   • 5. a light racing boat.
   • 6. an inner or roughly made coffin.
   • 7. the hand guard of a sword.
   • 8. each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies in a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first an electron descending from one shell to a lower one emits an X-ray
   • 9. short for shell program

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. bombard with shells several villages north of the security zone were shelled 同義詞 bombard, fire on, open fire on, shoot at, attack, ... 更多pound, bomb, blitz, strafe, archaiccannonade
   • ▪ score heavily against (an opposing pitcher or team) Williams got shelled in the next inning
   • 2. remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed) they were shelling peas 同義詞 extract, husk, hull, pod, shuck

   片語

   • shell out