corn husk
collocation玉米苞叶；玉米壳
The corn husk protects the kernels as the ear grows.
玉米苞叶在玉米穗生长时保护玉米粒。
外壳；外皮；谷壳
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外壳；外皮；谷壳
The dry outer covering of a seed, fruit, or vegetable, often removed before eating.
The farmer removed the husks from the corn before grinding it into flour.
农民在把玉米磨成面粉之前去掉了谷壳。
某些蔬菜或水果干燥、多叶或纤维状的外皮,食用前需去除
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
由网尾线虫或肺线虫引起的牛感染病
An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
种子外壳及分离出的细小茎叶碎片构成的物质
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
任何无用、干枯且无价值的外壳
Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
She cracked open the coconut and stripped away its tough husk.
她敲开椰子，剥掉了坚硬的外壳。
The rice was still in its husk, so we had to mill it first.
大米还带着谷壳，所以我们得先碾磨。
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玉米苞叶；玉米壳
The corn husk protects the kernels as the ear grows.
玉米苞叶在玉米穗生长时保护玉米粒。
稻壳
Rice husks are often used as fuel in rural mills.
在农村的碾米厂，稻壳常被用作燃料。
椰子壳
The coconut husk is tough and fibrous.
椰子壳又硬又有纤维。
种子外壳
The seed husk split open when the seedling emerged.
种子外壳在幼苗长出时裂开了。
去掉外壳；剥去外皮
You need to remove the husk before cooking the corn.
煮玉米前需要去掉苞叶。
空壳；徒有外表的东西
The old factory is an empty husk of its former self.
这座旧工厂已成了当年模样的空壳。
某人昔日的空壳；徒具外形、内在不再的残余
After the fire, the library was little more than a husk of its former self.
火灾之后，那座图书馆几乎只剩昔日的空架子。
他恨不得拿猪所吃的豆荚充饥，也没有人给他。
In Luke 15:16, the starving Prodigal Son longed for the husks that the swine did eat.
在《路加福音》15:16中，挨饿的浪子渴望吃猪所吃的豆荚。
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剥玉米时把 husk 干皮‘呼’地扯下，露出果实；husk 就是那层无用外皮。
语域：neutral 常见场景：厨房烹饪、农事处理 此处取名词最常见义“干外皮/壳”，多用于烹饪或农事场合，属于日常通用词汇，正式与非正式语境中都比较常见。
作'外壳'时是可数名词，作'谷壳'材料时通常不可数
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