shuck 音标拼音: [ʃ'ʌk]
n . 壳,外皮,牡蛎壳
vt .
vi . 剥去,脱去
壳,外皮,牡蛎壳剥去,脱去
shuck n 1 :
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [
synonym : {
chaff }, {
husk }, {
shuck }, {
stalk }, {
straw },
{
stubble }]
v 1 :
remove from the shell ; "
shuck oysters "
2 :
remove the shucks from ; "
shuck corn "
Shuck \
Shuck \ (
sh [
u ^]
k ),
n .
A shock of grain . [
Prev .
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Shuck \
Shuck \,
n . [
Perhaps akin to G .
shote a husk ,
pod ,
shell .]
1 .
A shell ,
husk ,
or pod ;
especially ,
the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut ,
butternut ,
peanut ,
and chestnut .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The shell of an oyster or clam . [
U .
S .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Shuck \
Shuck \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Shucked };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Shucking }.]
1 .
To deprive of the shucks or husks ;
as ,
to shuck walnuts ,
Indian corn ,
oysters ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To remove or take off (
shucks );
hence ,
to discard ;
to lay aside ; --
usually with off . [
Colloq .]
"
Shucking "
his coronet ,
after he had imbibed several draughts of fire water . --
F .
A .
Ober .
He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony . --
Pall Mall Mag .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shuck ":
bark ,
bran ,
capsule ,
case ,
chaff ,
corn shuck ,
cornhusk ,
decorticate ,
hull ,
husk ,
jacket ,
palea ,
peel ,
pod ,
rind ,
shell ,
skin ,
slough ,
strip
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