Word · Frequency #21444

husk

/hʌsk/

noun

外壳；外皮；谷壳

The dry outer covering of a seed, fruit, or vegetable, often removed before eating.

1.
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
某些蔬菜或水果干燥、多叶或纤维状的外皮,食用前需去除
2.
An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
由网尾线虫或肺线虫引起的牛感染病
3.
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
种子外壳及分离出的细小茎叶碎片构成的物质
4.
Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
任何无用、干枯且无价值的外壳
5.
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
某些果实或种子的膜质外层
6.
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
磨盘组的支承框架

空壳；无用的外壳；牛肺线虫病；磨盘架；某些蔬菜或水果干燥、多叶或纤维状的外皮,食用前需去除；由网尾线虫或肺线虫引起的牛感染病

In use

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。

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。

corn husk: 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。
rice husk: 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。
coconut husk: 椰子壳; The coconut husk is tough and fibrous.椰子壳又硬又有纤维。
seed husk: 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。
remove the husk: 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。
empty husk

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

dusk、musk、tusk、rusk、busk 都与 husk 押韵：/hʌsk/。注意形近异音词：hush /hʌʃ/、hunk /hʌŋk/、hulk /hʌlk/ 拼写相似，但结尾发音不同，不要与 husk 混淆。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.