一、详细释义:
n.
壳;贝壳;外壳;外形 [C]
例句:
The snail retreated into its shell.
蜗牛缩进壳里去了。
例句:
All that remained of the building after the fire was an empty shell.
一场大火过后,这座建筑剩下的只是一个空壳。
炮弹 [C]
例句:
The shell exploded in the barrel of the gun.
炮弹在炮管内爆炸了。
例句:
He sent a shell among the enemy.
他将一发炮弹射向了敌群。
v.
剥皮;去壳,脱落;剥落 [I,T]
例句:
Please shell some walnuts for the cake.
请为做点心剥点胡桃仁。
例句:
The wheat will shell after a few days.
麦子已熟透,再过几天就会脱落了。
炮轰;炮击 [I,T]
例句:
We'll shell the enemy positions.
我们将炮击敌人阵地。
例句:
In Libya, that means strikes on Colonel Muammar Qaddafi's ground forces if they start to shell towns.
对于利比亚,这意味着如果穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲的地面部队开始炮轰城镇,他们将会受到军事打击。
二、词义辨析:
bullet,shell
这两个名词均与枪弹有关。bullet含义广泛,指各种枪用的子弹。shell指发射后会爆炸的炮弹。
三、相关短语:
shell game
n. 骗局
shell jacket
n. 紧身夹克衣
shell out
v.1.交付,支付
shell shock
n. 炮弹休克
star shell
n. 照明弹
electron shell
电子壳层
oyster shell
贝壳,牡蛎,牡蛎壳
shell plating
船壳板
tank shell
油罐壳体
ark shell
舟贝
gas shell
毒气炮弹
scallop shell
n. 扇贝壳
四、参考例句:
Please shell some walnuts for the cake.
请为做点心剥点胡桃仁。
He sent a shell among the enemy.
他将一发炮弹射向了敌群。
We'll shell the enemy positions.
我们将炮击敌人阵地。
I had to shell out five pounds.
我只好花了5英镑。
The shell case is ejected automatically.
弹壳会自动跳出。
A shell exploded right beside his office.
一颗炮弹就在他的办公室旁边爆炸了。
This kind of receptacle shell is Au-plated.
此类插座壳均为镀金。
I found a shell on the beach.
我在沙滩上发现了一个贝壳。
She was the only woman in Shell's legal department.
她曾是壳牌公司法律部唯一的女性。
The girl ducked under and came up with a shell.
女孩一头扎入水中,露出水面时手里拿着一只贝壳。