husk

大学 FREQ #32754

n. 外壳, 皮, 无价值之物 vt. 剥...的壳, 削皮

发音

US /hʌsk/
UK /hʌsk/
其它 /hʊsk/

词形变化

husks 复数 husks 三单 husking 现在分词 husked 过去式 husked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

    外皮

    壳

    A coconut has a very thick husk.

  2. 2.

    Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.

    空壳

    躯壳

    比喻

    His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.

  3. 3.

    The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

  4. 1.

    An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To remove husks from.

    去壳

    剥皮

    及物
  2. 1.

    To cough, clear one's throat.

    不及物
  3. 2.

    To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

straw stalk stubble chaff shuck

上位词 2

case sheath

下位词 7

pod hull cod bran bract cornhusk seedcase
动词

同义词 1

shell

上位词 6

take pull remove withdraw take away take off

相关短语

husk tomato [医]线叶酸浆, 壳蕃茄 husk tomatoes rice husk

词源

From Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose + -ock. Alternatively from Middle Low German hûs(e)ken, hü̂seken (“little house, sheath”), Middle Dutch husekijn (“little house, core of fruit, case”), diminutive of hûs (“house”). Compare Dutch huisje, German Häuschen, both also used for “snailshell”.

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