Word · Frequency #2687
shelling
剥壳；去皮
shelling is the present participle of shell.
To remove the outer covering or shell from something.
- 1.
To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
剥去某物的外壳
- 2.
To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
炮击；用炮弹轰击(尤指用火炮)
- 3.
To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
脱落(如外壳、硬壳等)
- 4.
To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
蜕壳；从荚果或外壳中脱落
- 5.
To switch to a shell or command line.
切换到 Shell(命令行)
- 6.
To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
(在涂层上)形成浅而不规则的裂纹
- 7.
To form a shelling.
采集贝壳
炮击；轰击；脱落；蜕壳；采集贝壳；捡贝壳；切换到命令行；使用Shell；龟裂；产生浅裂纹
In use
The army shelled the enemy positions all night.
She shelled the peanuts and put them in a bowl.
During the war, the city was shelled repeatedly.
shell + object
常用于剥离坚果、蛋等的外壳。
She shelled the peanuts.
她剥了花生壳。
shell + object
军事用语，指用炮弹攻击。
The army shelled the enemy position.
军队炮轰了敌方阵地。
shell off
不及物用法，常指表层脱落。
The paint is shelling off the wall.
墙上的油漆正在剥落。
Connections
Collocations
- shell peas
- 剥豌豆
- I need to shell the peas before dinner.晚饭前我得把豌豆剥好。
- shelled peanuts
- 去壳花生
- She bought a bag of shelled peanuts at the market.她在市场买了一袋去壳花生。
- shell the city
- 炮击城市
- The army shelled the city all night.军队整夜炮击这座城市。
Idioms & figurative uses
- shell out
- 付（钱），掏腰包I had to shell out fifty dollars for the ticket.我不得不为这张票掏了五十美元。
- come out of one's shell
- 不再害羞，变得开朗She really came out of her shell after joining the drama club.加入戏剧社后，她真的变得开朗了。
- shell game
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象炮弹击中目标“轰”地一下，像剥开外壳一样炸开——shell作动词既有“剥壳”也有“炮击”之意。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：厨房、烹饪、准备食材 表示“剥壳、去皮”时，通常用于做饭或准备食材等日常场景，属于中性用语，口语和一般书面表达中都常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
单词 well、bell、sell、tell、fell、gel 都与 shell (/ʃɛl/) 押韵，因为重读元音和尾音都是 /ɛl/。注意形近词 shale (/ʃeɪl/) 和 shill (/ʃɪl/) 发音不同，并不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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。
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