hull

Word family nounhulladjectivehully

Related topics: Water

hull1 /hʌl/ noun [countableC]

1 TTWthe main part of a ship that goes in the water 船体，船身

wooden-hulled/steel-hulled etc (=having a wood, steel etc hull) 〔船体〕木质的/钢质的

2. the outer covering of seeds, rice, grain etc 〔种子、稻谷、谷物等的〕外皮，外壳 → husk

Examples from the Corpus

hull• Concrete hulls, reinforced with glass-fibre rather than steel, have been used in boat building for many years.• My Snake-Pit room was below the waterline; the port hull was all that separated me from the sea.• Then he began his tour of the pressure hull.• A cast of thousands would be required to man the hulls.• A glass tide tinkled on the hull of the receiver, its echoing obsidian.• The hulls were almost clear of the water, mast bowing like an archer's longbow.• More than a dozen boats bobbed against the docks, their hulls restless in the approaching dusk.• As the temperature rises in the museum under the hot sun moisture evaporates from the ship's wooden hull.

词汇	hull
释义	hull Word family nounhulladjectivehully Related topics: Water hull1 /hʌl/ noun [countableC] 1 TTWthe main part of a ship that goes in the water 船体，船身 wooden-hulled/steel-hulled etc (=having a wood, steel etc hull) 〔船体〕木质的/钢质的 2. the outer covering of seeds, rice, grain etc 〔种子、稻谷、谷物等的〕外皮，外壳 → husk Examples from the Corpus hull• Concrete hulls, reinforced with glass-fibre rather than steel, have been used in boat building for many years.• My Snake-Pit room was below the waterline; the port hull was all that separated me from the sea.• Then he began his tour of the pressure hull.• A cast of thousands would be required to man the hulls.• A glass tide tinkled on the hull of the receiver, its echoing obsidian.• The hulls were almost clear of the water, mast bowing like an archer's longbow.• More than a dozen boats bobbed against the docks, their hulls restless in the approaching dusk.• As the temperature rises in the museum under the hot sun moisture evaporates from the ship's wooden hull. Related topics: Cooking hull2 verb [transitiveT] DFCto take off the outer part of vegetables, rice, grain etc 除去…的外皮[荚，壳等] Origin hull1 Old English hulu
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