shell是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals -- （尤指堅果、蛋、某些動物的）殼

  • Brazil nuts have very hard shells. 巴西果的殼很堅硬。

  • A piece of shell fell into the cake mixture. 有片蛋殼掉進蛋糕麵糊裡了。

  • the shell of a snail/crab/tortoise 蝸牛／蟹／烏龜的殼

  • a shell necklace (= a piece of jewellery made out of the shells of small sea creatures) 貝殼項鏈

  • the shell of a burned-out farmhouse 大火後農舍的殘骸

• 1 a container, usually with a pointed end, that is filled with explosives and shot from a large gun -- 炮彈

  • Artillery and mortar shells were landing in the outskirts of the city. 大炮和迫擊炮彈落在城市周邊地區。

• 2 a type of boat used for racing, driven by people using oars (= poles with flat ends) -- 賽艇

• 3 a company that is used to hide illegal activities -- 空殼公司

  • The shell advertised bonds for sale to investors, but this offering was essentially a fraud because no bonds ever existed. 空殼公司刊登廣告向投資者兜售債券，但這實質上是欺詐行為，因為其實從來都沒有債券可賣。

• 4 to remove peas, nuts, etc. from their shells or their natural covering -- 剝去…的殼

• 5 to fire shells at something -- 炮轟，炮擊

  • They were under orders to shell the hospital and the town hall. 他們奉命炮轟醫院和市政廳。

• 6 short form of she will -- （she will 的縮略形式）

  • She'll be here later. 她晚一點會到這裡來。