shells

n.

（贝、卵、坚果等的）壳( shell的名词复数 )；外壳；炮弹；（人的）表面性格

英英释义

shell

n.

ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

同义词：carapacecuticleshield

the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts

the exterior covering of a bird's egg

同义词：eggshell

a rigid covering that envelops an object

"the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"

a very light narrow racing boat

同义词：racing shell

the housing or outer covering of something

同义词：casecasing

a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

同义词：platescale

the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc

v.

use explosives on

"The enemy has been shelling us all day"

同义词：blast

fall out of the pod or husk

"The corn shelled"

hit the pitches of hard and regularly

"He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"

look for and collect shells by the seashore

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

同义词：beatbeat outcrushtrouncevanquish

remove from its shell or outer covering

"shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"

remove the husks from

同义词：husk

词组短语

cylindrical shell柱状壳体；筒壳

shell structure壳结构

in the shell尚未成熟，在酝酿之中

outer shell外壳层，外壳

spherical shell球壳

shell element壳元素，壳单元；壳元；壳体元素

shell side壳程

shell thickness凝固壳厚度；管炮厚度；壳壁厚度

egg shell[医]卵壳

metal shell金属外壳

coconut shell椰子壳

shell out[口]付款；还账；为…提供

steel shell钢壳；钢制炉体

walnut shell胡桃壳

conical shell锥壳；圆锥壳；锥形薄壳

shell fabric面料；面布

shell plate[机]锅筒板；壳板

soft shell软壳

tank shell罐板（壳）；油罐壳体

tortoise shell龟甲；一种类似龟甲的蝴蝶

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

I'd like to pick sea shells this afternoon.
今天下午我想去捡贝壳。

It is fun picking up various shells on the beach.
在海浜捡各种贝壳是很有趣的。

权威例句

Mineralogy of oxygen-rich dust shells.

Lanthanum complexes of spheroidal carbon shells

Singular hypersurfaces and thin shells in general relativity

Novel Hollow Polymer Shells by Colloid‐Templated Assembly of Polyelectrolytes

Self-Consistent Field Theory for Open Shells of Electronic Systems

Nonlinear finite element analysis of shells: Part I. three-dimensional shells

Interaction between the d-Shells in the Transition Metals. IV. The Intrinsic Antiferromagnetic Character of Iron

A kinetics and thermodynamics study of methylene blue adsorption on wheat shells

Epitaxial Growth and Photochemical Annealing of Graded CdS/ZnS Shells on Colloidal CdSe Nanorods

Large Elastic Deformations of Isotropic Materials. IX. The Deformation of Thin Shells