the dry outer layer that covers nuts, fruits and seeds, especially grain (尤指谷类、果实和种子的)外壳,外皮 Brown rice has not had the husks removed. 糙米没有去壳。 - (figurative)
There was only the husk left of his former self. 只剩下他从前的外壳了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHusk is used after these nouns:- coconut
- corn
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Low German hūske ‘sheath’, literally ‘little house’.