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shell n.贝壳；炮弹；v.剥去…的壳 shell (n.) Old English sciell, scill, Anglian scell "seashell, eggshell," related to Old English scealu "shell, husk," from Proto-Germanic *skaljo "piece cut off; shell; scale" (cognates: West Frisian skyl "peel, rind," Middle Low German schelle "pod, rind, egg shell," Gothic skalja "tile"), with the shared notion of "covering that splits off," from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut, cleave" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic skolika "shell," Russian skala "bark, rind;" see scale (n.1)). Italian scaglia "chip" is from Germanic.Sense of "mere exterior" is from 1650s; that of "hollow framework" is from 1791. Meaning "structure for a band or orchestra" is attested from 1938. Military use (1640s) was first of hand grenades, in reference to the metal case in which the gunpowder and shot were mixed; the notion is of a "hollow object" filled with explosives. Hence shell shock, first recorded 1915. Shell game "a swindle" is from 1890, from a version of three-card monte played with a pea and walnut shells.shell (v.) 1560s, "to remove (a nut, etc.) from a shell," from shell (n.). The meaning "to bombard with shells" is first attested 1856. To shell out "disburse" (1801) is a figurative use from the image of extracting nuts. Related: Shelled; shelling. 无

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[ʃel] 【英】 n.炮弹(an explosive firing from a large gun);【考】 chaff : wheat / shell : pecan(小麦有谷壳/山核桃 有外壳) n. (各种硬的)壳; 炮弹; 贝壳; v 剥去...的壳【类】chaff: wheat = shell: pecan小麦有谷壳 = 山核桃有外壳

单词	shell
音标	[ʃel]
解释	n.贝壳；炮弹；v.剥去…的壳
红宝书	【英】 n.炮弹(an explosive firing from a large gun); 【考】 chaff : wheat / shell : pecan(小麦有谷壳/山核桃有外壳)
字源	shell (n.) Old English sciell, scill, Anglian scell "seashell, eggshell," related to Old English scealu "shell, husk," from Proto-Germanic skaljo "piece cut off; shell; scale" (cognates: West Frisian skyl "peel, rind," Middle Low German schelle "pod, rind, egg shell," Gothic skalja "tile"), with the shared notion of "covering that splits off," from PIE root (s)kel- (1) "to cut, cleave" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic skolika "shell," Russian skala "bark, rind;" see scale (n.1)). Italian scaglia "chip" is from Germanic. Sense of "mere exterior" is from 1650s; that of "hollow framework" is from 1791. Meaning "structure for a band or orchestra" is attested from 1938. Military use (1640s) was first of hand grenades, in reference to the metal case in which the gunpowder and shot were mixed; the notion is of a "hollow object" filled with explosives. Hence shell shock, first recorded 1915. Shell game "a swindle" is from 1890, from a version of three-card monte played with a pea and walnut shells. shell (v.) 1560s, "to remove (a nut, etc.) from a shell," from shell (n.). The meaning "to bombard with shells" is first attested 1856. To shell out "disburse" (1801) is a figurative use from the image of extracting nuts. Related: Shelled; shelling.
不择手段背单词	n. (各种硬的)壳; 炮弹; 贝壳; v 剥去...的壳【类】chaff: wheat = shell: pecan小麦有谷壳 = 山核桃有外壳
趣味全助记	无

Shell Wheat English Cognates Notion Hollow Meaning Attested