1on eggs/nuts/some animals蛋;堅果;動物ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHELLADJECTIVE➤empty, hard, outer, protective, thick空殼;硬殼;外殼;保護殼;厚厚的殼◇She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative) 她給自己建了個“保護殼”,躲了進去。➤broken破裂的殼▸➤egg (usually eggshell)蛋殼▸➤sea (usually seashell)海貝殼▸➤conch, cowrie, mussel, oyster, snail, tortoise (usually tortoiseshell)海螺殼;寶貝殼;貽貝殼;牡蠣殼;蝸牛殼;龜殼▸➤coconut, peanut, walnut椰子殼;花生殼;胡桃殼VERB + SHELL➤have有外殼◇creatures that have shells有殼類動物➤come out of, emerge from (both oftenfigurative) 從殼中出來;開始活躍;不再羞怯◇He's really come out of his shell since he met Marie.自遇見瑪麗以後,他真的變開朗了。➤go (back) into, retreat into, withdraw into (all oftenfigurative) 縮回殼內◇The snail went back into its shell.蝸牛縮回殼裏。➤remove sth from把⋯從殼中取出◇Remove the mussels from their shells.把貽貝從殼中取出。➤break (open), crack (open)把殼打破/打開➤shed蛻殼◇Male crabs shed their shells twice a year.公螃蟹每年蛻殼兩次。shell
noun²
2explosive weapon爆炸性武器ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHELL | SHELL + VERB | SHELL + NOUNADJECTIVE➤unexploded未爆炸的炮彈➤spent廢舊彈殼◇a heap of spent brass shells from a machine gun一堆廢舊的機關槍銅彈殼➤anti-aircraft, artillery, cannon, mortar, shotgun, tank高射炮炮彈;火炮炮彈;加農炮炮彈;迫擊炮炮彈;獵槍子彈;坦克炮炮彈➤depleted uranium, high-explosive貧鈾彈;高爆炸彈◇tank-busting guns that fired depleted uranium shells發射貧鈾彈的反坦克炮➤incoming飛來的炮彈◇The telltale sound of an incoming shell was heard.能清晰地聽到炮彈正呼嘯而來。VERB + SHELL➤load裝填炮彈▸➤fire開炮SHELL + VERB➤fly炮彈飛◇A shell flew over his head and exploded in front of him.一顆炮彈飛過他的頭頂,在他前面爆炸。➤fall, land炮彈落下/落地▸➤burst, crash, explode炮彈爆炸▸➤hit sth, strike sth炮彈擊中⋯◇Two shells hit the roof.兩顆炮彈擊中了房頂。SHELL + NOUN➤fire炮火◇They braved heavy shell fire to rescue the wounded.他們頂着密集的炮火營救傷員。➤shock彈震症;戰鬥疲勞症◇soldiers suffering from shell shock患彈震症的士兵➤case, casing, fragments, splinter炮彈殼;炮彈碎片▸➤crater彈坑shell
noun³
3outer walls of a building建築物外壁ADJECTIVE➤concrete混凝土框架▸➤burned-out, empty, hollow (all oftenfigurative) 燒燬的外殼;空架子◇The fire reduced the school to a hollow shell.這場大火把學校燒得只剩一個空架子了。◇I had become a hollow shell.我已變成了一具空殼。