Shell

(noun.) the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod.

(noun.) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun.

(noun.) the housing or outer covering of something; 'the clock has a walnut case'.

(noun.) a very light narrow racing boat.

(noun.) a rigid covering that envelops an object; 'the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice'.

(noun.) the exterior covering of a bird's egg.

(noun.) the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts.

(noun.) the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals.

(verb.) remove from its shell or outer covering; 'shell the legumes'; 'shell mussels'.

(verb.) look for and collect shells by the seashore.

(verb.) hit the pitches of hard and regularly; 'He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning'.

(verb.) fall out of the pod or husk; 'The corn shelled'.

整理:奥蒂斯

• A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The glyptodon was a monstrous South American armadillo, and a human skeleton has been found by Roth buried beneath its huge tortoise-like shell. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The gypsy aimed carefully and fired and as he jerked the bolt back and ejected the shell Robert Jordan said, Over. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Seashells when held to the ear seem to contain the roar of the sea; this is because the air within the shell is set into sympathetic vibrations by some external tone. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Vice,' said the surgeon, replacing the curtain, 'takes up her abode in many temples; and who can say that a fair outside shell not enshrine her? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• On the heights of the Andes he found marine shell foss ils at a height of fourteen thousand feet above sea-level. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Now how did those masses of oyster-shells get there? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• There are very few shells for this _m醧uina_, so I will keep it, Robert Jordan said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• But shells and seaweed would adhere to the non-corroded surface, and hence the process was not entirely successful. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The Japanese produce them by fastening a piece of mother-of-pearl in the shells of the pearl-oyster and allowing it to remain there for a number of years. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They were clean, nice oyster shells, large, and just like any other oyster shells. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Within the last decade or so shells have been invented with the design simply to shatter or fracture the plate by which the way is broken for subsequent shots. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He said the Austrians had a great amount of artillery in the woods along Ternova ridge beyond and above us, and shelled the roads badly at night. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• As far as I could make out the last mile or so of the new road where it started to level out would be able to be shelled steadily by the Austrians. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Under the shelling men had been cowards and had run. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• You better wait until the shelling is over, the major said over his shoulder. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• They are shelling quite a little still but it is all over. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Dost wish to bring on a shelling? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• There was still a certain amount of shelling, he said, but not many wounded. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• There was no shelling. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• On the 8th of July Sherman was within ten miles of Jackson and on the 11th was close up to the defences of the city and shelling the town. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

整理:米莉