shell

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基本释义

n.（贝、卵、坚果等的）壳; 外壳; 炮弹; （人的）表面性格
vt.去壳，脱落; 炮击
vi.剥皮; 炮轰

词性变化

复数:shells;
第三人称单数:shells;
过去式:shelled;
过去分词:shelled;
现在分词:shelling;

实用例句

We collected shells on the beach.

我们在海滩拾贝壳。

牛津词典

snail shells

蜗牛壳

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walnut shells

核桃壳

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earrings made out of coconut shell

用椰子壳做的耳坠

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pasta shells

贝壳形通心粉

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(figurative)My life has been an empty shell since he died.

他死后，我的生活就成了一个徒有其表的空壳子。

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The house was now a shell gutted by flames.

房子烧得只剩个空骨架了。

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the body shell of a car

车身外壳

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She had developed a shell of indifference.

她养成一副冷漠的外表。

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They shelled the city all night.

他们整夜炮轰那座城市。

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Just as they were leaving the rebels started shelling.

他们正撤离时，叛军开始炮击。

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The band shelled out $100 000 for a mobile recording studio.

乐队花了10万元购置一间移动录音室。

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They cracked the nuts and removed their shells...

他们砸开坚果,剥去硬壳。

Once the eggs have hatched the shells are left behind.

一旦鸡蛋孵化后，蛋壳就没用了。

I collect shells and interesting seaside items.

我收集贝壳和海边有趣的小玩意儿。

...sea shells.

海里的贝壳

She shelled and ate a few nuts.

她剥了几个坚果吃了。

...shelled prawns.

去了皮的对虾

Her normally shy son had come out of his shell.

她那平时很害羞的儿子已经开始与人交往了。

...a lonely boy struggling to emerge from his shell.

一个努力想要走出自我封闭的孤独男孩

...the shells of burned buildings...

大厦被烧毁后露出的框架

The solid feel of the car's shell is impressive.

这辆汽车的外壳给人的感觉异常坚固。

The rebels shelled the densely-populated suburbs near the port.

叛乱者炮轰了港口附近人口密集的郊区。

How many boys and girls are there in your class?

你班有多少男生和女生?

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A tortoise has a shell on his back.

乌龟背上有硬壳.

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The snail has rotted away in its shell.

这只蜗牛已经在壳里腐烂完了.

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This kind of beetles have hard shell.

这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳.

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A shell splinter embedded itself in the wall.

一块弹片嵌进墙壁里.

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真题例句

In the Netherlands, Shell delivers CO2 to farmers who pipe it into their greenhouses, increasing their yield of fruits and vegetables.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Some propose storing the CO2 in coal mines or liquid storage in the ocean, Shell favors storing CO2 in deep geological structures such as saline(盐的) formations and exhausted oil and gas fields that exist throughout the world

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

All he needs to do is shell our $30 for paternity testing kit at his local drugstore - and another $120 to get the results.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

All he needs to do is shell out $30 for a paternity testing kit at his local drugstore – and another $120 to get the results. 　

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun

1. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
2. the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
3. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
4. the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
5. the exterior covering of a bird's egg
6. a rigid covering that envelops an object;
"the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
7. a very light narrow racing boat
8. the housing or outer covering of something;
"the clock has a walnut case"
9. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
10. the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc

Verb

1. use explosives on;
"The enemy has been shelling us all day"
2. fall out of the pod or husk;
"The corn shelled"
3. hit the pitches of hard and regularly;
"He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
4. look for and collect shells by the seashore
5. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;
"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
"We beat the competition"
"Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
6. remove from its shell or outer covering;
"shell the legumes"
"shell mussels"
7. remove the husks from;
"husk corn"