| 释义 |
🔑shellshell1 /ʃɛl / noun - [countable, uncountable] a hard covering that protects eggs, nuts, and some animals（蛋、坚果和某些动物的）壳◆a collection of seashells一堆海贝壳◆an empty shell空壳◆a turtle's shell龟壳
- [countable] a metal container that explodes when it is fired from a gun炮弹
shellshell2 /ʃɛl / verb [transitive] - to take the shell1 (1) off something that can be eaten给…剥壳；给…去壳◆to shell peanuts剥去花生壳
- to fire shells1 (2) at a place炮击；炮轰◆They shelled the city all night.他们整夜炮轰那座城市。
 ●shell (sth) out (for sth) (informal) to pay a lot of money for something, especially when it is more than you want to spend花费（一大笔钱，尤指数目超出了预期）◆The bus didn't come, so I had to shell out $20 for a cab ride home.公共汽车没来，我只得花 20 美元乘出租车回家。 |
