the main, bottom part of a ship, that goes in the water 船身;船体 a wooden/steel hull 木质/钢质船体 They climbed onto the upturned hull and waited to be rescued. 他们爬上了倾覆的船体,等候救援。
Word Originnoun Middle English: perhaps the same word as hull(verb), or related to hold ‘compartment of a ship or aircraft used to store cargo’.