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    shuck

    • IPA[ʃʌk]

    英式

    • n.
      an outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.；the shell of an oyster or clam.
    • excl
      used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation
    • v.
      remove the shucks from maize or shellfish；take off (a garment)

    • verb: shuck, 3rd person present: shucks, gerund or present participle: shucking, past tense: shucked, past participle: shucked

    • noun: shuck, plural noun: shucks

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. an outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.
    • ▪ the shell of an oyster or clam.
    • ▪ the integument of certain insect pupae or larvae.
    • 2. informal a person or thing regarded as worthless or contemptible he said the idea was a shuck

    excl

    • 1. informal used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation ‘Thank you for getting it.’ ‘Oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

    動詞

    • 1. remove the shucks from maize or shellfish shuck and drain the oysters
    • ▪ informal take off (a garment) she shucked off her nightdress and started dressing
    • ▪ informal abandon; get rid of the regime's ability to shuck off its totalitarian characteristics
    • 2. informal cause (someone) to believe something that is not true; fool or tease they have enough psychology to know whether you're shucking them or whether you're being honest I don't need you shucking and jiving about my girl's name