shelling

shelling /shelling/
  • danh từ
    • sự bắn pháo, sự nã pháo
 sự bóc vỏ
Lĩnh vực: cơ khí & công trình
 sự nứt mặt ngoài (khi co nguội)
 sự bó vỏ
 sự phá cập
shelling stone
 cối xay xát

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



shelling

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment

    they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops

    the shelling went on for hours without pausing

    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

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