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shell noun 1on eggs/nuts/some animals 蛋；坚果；动物ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHELL ADJECTIVEempty, hard, outer, protective, thick 空壳；硬壳；外壳；保护壳；厚厚的壳◆She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative) 她给自己建了个“保护壳”，躲了进去。broken 破裂的壳egg (usually eggshell) 蛋壳sea (usually seashell) 海贝壳conch, cowrie, mussel, oyster, snail, tortoise (usually tortoiseshell) 海螺壳；宝贝壳；贻贝壳；牡蛎壳；蜗牛壳；龟壳coconut, peanut, walnut 椰子壳；花生壳；胡桃壳VERB + SHELLhave 有外壳◆creatures that have shells有壳类动物come out of, emerge from (both often figurative) 从壳中出来；开始活跃；不再羞怯◆He's really come out of his shell since he met Marie.自遇见玛丽以后，他真的变开朗了。go (back) into, retreat into, withdraw into (all often figurative) 缩回壳内◆The snail went back into its shell.蜗牛缩回壳里。remove sth from 把⋯从壳中取出◆Remove the mussels from their shells.把贻贝从壳中取出。break (open), crack (open) 把壳打破／打开shed 蜕壳◆Male crabs shed their shells twice a year.公螃蟹每年蜕壳两次。 |