shell

shell /ʃelf/
  • danh từ
    • vỏ; bao; mai
      • to retire into one's shell: rút vào vỏ của mình
      • to come out of one's shell: ra khỏi vỏ, chan hoà với mọi người
    • vỏ tàu; tường nhà
    • quan tài trong
    • thuyền đua
    • đạn trái phá, đạn súng cối; (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đạn
    • đốc kiếm
    • (như) shell-jacket
    • (vật lý); (hoá học) vỏ, lớp
      • ion shell: vỏ ion
      • electron shell: lớp electron
    • nét đại cương (một kế hoạch)
    • vỏ bề ngoài
    • (thơ ca) đàn lia
    • động từ
      • bóc vỏ, lột vỏ (quả đậu, tôm...); nhể (ốc)
        • to shell peas: bóc vỏ đậu
      • phủ vỏ sò, lát bằng vỏ sò
      • bắn pháo, nã pháo
      • to shell off
        • tróc ra
      • to shell out
        • (từ lóng) trả tiền, xuỳ tiền

     vẩy
     vỏ
  • broken-out shell egg: trứng không vỏ
  • cacao shell: vỏ hạt cacao
  • horn shell: vỏ sừng
  • inner shell membrane: màng dưới vỏ (trứng)
  • outer shell membrane: màng trên vỏ (trứng)
  • oyster shell: vỏ sò
  • pea shell: vỏ đậu
  • shell corporation: công ty vỏ
  • sugar wafer shell: vỏ bánh quế
  •  vỏ cứng
     vỏ sắt

    bread shell
     gờ bánh mì
    oven shell
     thành lò
    shell fishing
     nghề bắt sò
    shell fishing
     sự bắt sò
    shell travel agency
     đại lý du lịch khung bao
    tour shell
     tập sách mỏng quảng cáo du lịch

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  • danh từ

    o   thùng

    Thùng chứa.

    o   đạn

    Đạn nổ dùng để gây nứt nẻ trong giếng.

    o   vật chứa

    Vật chứa nitroglixerin.

    o   lớp mỏng

    Lớp mỏng đá rắn.

    o   vỏ, bao

    o   đá vỏ sò

    §   bearing shell : vỏ ổ trục, lớp bọc ổ trục

    §   core shell : túi mẫu lõi

    §   earth shell : vỏ trái đất

    §   producer shell : vỏ máy sinh khí

    §   pump shell : vỏ bơm, thân bơm

    §   shelf of compression : vỏ chịu nén (của trái đất)

    §   shelf of tension : vỏ chịu nén (của trái đất)

    §   shell pump : bơm lấy mùn

    §   shell-like : hình vỏ sò


    Xem thêm: carapace, cuticle, shield, eggshell, racing shell, case, casing, plate, scale, blast, beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish, husk



  • shell

    Từ điển Collocation

    shell noun

    1 on eggs/nuts/some animals

    ADJ. broken, empty, hard, outer, protective, thick (figurative) She had built up a protective shell of indifference around herself. | egg (also eggshell) | cockle, conch, cowrie, fossil, mollusc, mussel, oyster, scallop, sea (also seashell), snail The garden was littered with empty snail shells. | coconut, walnut

    VERB + SHELL have creatures that have shells | come out of, emerge from (often figurative) He's really come out of his shell since he met Marie. | go (back) into, retreat into, withdraw into The snail went back into its shell. | remove sth from Remove the mussels from their shells.

    2 explosive weapon

    ADJ. heavy | unexploded | anti-aircraft, artillery, cannon, howitzer, mortar

    VERB + SHELL load | fire

    SHELL + VERB fall, land | blow up, burst, crash, explode | hit sth, strike sth Two shells hit the roof. | blow sth apart/off, blow sb/sth up

    SHELL + NOUN fire They braved heavy shell fire to rescue the wounded. | case/casing, fragments, splinter | crater, hole

    3 outer walls of a building

    ADJ. concrete | burnt-out, empty, hollow The fire reduced the school to a hollow shell.


    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
    • the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
    • hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles; carapace, cuticle, shield
    • the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
    • the exterior covering of a bird's egg; eggshell
    • a rigid covering that envelops an object

      the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice

    • a very light narrow racing boat; racing shell
    • the housing or outer covering of something; case, casing

      the clock has a walnut case

    • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners); plate, scale
    • the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc

      v.

    • use explosives on; blast

      The enemy has been shelling us all day

    • fall out of the pod or husk

      The corn shelled

    • hit the pitches of hard and regularly

      He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning

    • look for and collect shells by the seashore
    • come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish

      Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship

      We beat the competition

      Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

    • remove from its shell or outer covering

      shell the legumes

      shell mussels

    • remove the husks from; husk

      husk corn


    Microsoft Computer Dictionary

    n. A piece of software, usually a separate program, that provides direct communication between the user and the operating system. Examples of shells are Macintosh Finder and the MS-DOS command interface program COMMAND.COM. See also Bourne shell, C shell, Finder, Korn shell. Compare kernel.vb. See shell out.

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    shells|shelled|shelling
    syn.: beat beat out blast carapace case casing crush cuticle eggshell husk plate racing shell scale shield trounce vanquish