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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 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.
n.
the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice
the clock has a walnut case
v.
The enemy has been shelling us all day
The corn shelled
He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
shell the legumes
shell mussels
husk corn