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指果实、种子等的外皮时，常用 of 结构说明所属整体。
The husk of the coconut is thick and fibrous.
椰子的外壳厚实且多纤维。
外壳；外皮；谷壳
husks — plural of husk
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
The dry outer covering of a seed, fruit, or vegetable, often removed before eating.
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.
某些果实或种子的膜质外层
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
磨盘组的支承框架
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
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。
用法提示：这里husks作为名词复数，指玉米的谷壳。
She cracked open the coconut and stripped away its tough husk.
她敲开椰子，剥掉了坚硬的外壳。
用法提示：这里husk作为名词单数，指椰子的外壳。
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。
用法提示：这里husk作为名词单数，指稻谷的外壳。
指果实、种子等的外皮时，常用 of 结构说明所属整体。
The husk of the coconut is thick and fibrous.
椰子的外壳厚实且多纤维。
常用于说明处理食材或种子时去掉外层。
Remove the husk from each seed before planting.
播种前要剥去每颗种子的外壳。
比喻用法，多与 former self 搭配，表示失去原有内容或活力。
After the mine closed, the town was a husk of its former self.
矿场关闭后，这座小镇只剩下一个空壳，不复昔日模样。
比 husk 更常用于指需要脱粒去壳的谷物或坚果，语义偏技术/农业，不指玉米的苞叶等叶子状外壳。
美式英语常用词，主要指玉米外面的绿色苞叶或坚果的木质壳；比 husk 口语化，且不用于豆荚。
强调坚硬、脆的外壳，如花生壳、蛋壳；不能指玉米苞叶或豆荚这类柔软或叶状外壳。
专指豌豆、豆角等豆科植物的长形荚果外壳，与 husk 的叶状外层明显不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子She peeled the husk off the banana.
正确表达She peeled the skin off the banana.
husk 指玉米、稻谷、椰子等干燥、多叶或多纤维的外皮；香蕉这类水果的皮英语固定用 peel 或 skin。汉语“皮、壳”一词可覆盖两者，但英语不能互换。
grammar · medium
易错句子The chick pecked a hole in the husk of the egg.
正确表达The chick pecked a hole in the shell of the egg.
蛋壳是坚硬的 shell，不用 husk；husk 只用于植物果实或种子外面那层需剥去的干皮。汉语“壳”同时对应 shell 和 husk，学习者容易直接对译。
grammar · medium
易错句子He removed husk from the corn before boiling it.
正确表达He removed the husk from the corn before boiling it.
husk 是可数名词，单数形式作宾语时前面必须有冠词 the 或 a（复数则用 husks）。汉语没有冠词系统，学习者常漏掉限定词。
针对husk表示坚果或谷粒的干燥外壳这一义项；kernel指壳内可食用的果仁或谷粒，二者构成外壳与内核的对照。
针对husk表示某些蔬果需去除的外皮这一义项；meat或flesh指皮或壳里面的可食部分，与外壳相对。
shell 指坚果、蛋、贝壳等较硬的外壳；husk 指玉米、椰子等干燥、叶状或纤维状的外层。椰子的纤维外层是 husk，里面的硬壳是 shell；两者在 coconut 语境可同时出现，不能把所有“壳”都换成 husk。
hull 常指谷物、种子等紧密的外壳，也作动词；husk 更常指玉米、椰子等较厚、叶状或纤维状的外层。稻谷脱去的壳多说 hull，玉米的苞叶多说 husk；但种子外壳语境两者可能都成立，要依搭配判断。
peel 通常指水果、蔬菜较薄的表皮，常可剥下或削下；husk 指更厚、干燥的叶状或纤维状外层。香蕉、橙子的皮说 peel，玉米的苞叶说 husk；不要因都可译作“皮”而混用。
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。
husk + -er
husk + -ing
corn + husk
un- + husk + -ed
de- + husk
husk + -less
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
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。