Husk
[hʌsk]
解释:
(noun.) outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds.
(verb.) remove the husks from; 'husk corn'.
编辑:米考伯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
(n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
(v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
克莱德编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Rind, bark, hull, glume, CHAFF, outer covering.
v. a. Strip off the husk from (as from Indian corn).
伯特伦编辑
解释:
n. the dry thin covering of certain fruits and seeds: (pl.) refuse waste.—v.t. to remove the husk or outer integument from.—adj. Husked covered with a husk: stripped of husks.—ns. Husk′er one who husks Indian corn esp. at a husking-bee; Husk′ing the stripping of husks: a festive gathering to assist in husking Indian corn (maize)—also Husk′ing-bee.
校对:迈克尔
例句:
- He is plain; there is a husk upon him, a dry shell, and he will wear it till he is near twenty, then he will put it off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The crab begins by tearing the husk, fiber by fiber, and always from that end under which the three eye-holes are situated. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- It would at first be thought quite impossible for a crab to open a strong cocoanut covered with husk, but Mr. Liesk assures me that he has repeatedly seen this effected. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- They thus secured their food, and accumulated s urprising quantities of the picked fibres of the cocoanut husk, on which they rest as a bed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- And I will give the missionary my energies--it is all he wants--but not myself: that would be only adding the husk and shell to the kernel. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Nearly every Mexican carried a pouch of leaf tobacco, powdered by rolling in the hands, and a roll of corn husks to make wrappers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The criticism I am making is of those who try to feed upon the husks alone. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The fibrous husks of cocoanuts are prepared in such a way as to form cellulose, which is used for the protection of warships, preventing the inflow of water through shot holes. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- These I heated before the fire, as well as I could, and rubbed them till the husks came off, which I made a shift to winnow from the grain. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- He was touching unconsciously the dead husks of flowers as he passed by, and talking disconnectedly to himself. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Then one needn't assert anything--' He stood still, looking at the water, and throwing upon it the husks of the flowers. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
校对:伦道夫