shell
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noun
1. the hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean:
貝殻
e.g. cowrie shells
e.g. the technique of carving shell.
the thin outer covering of an animal's egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.
〖材料としては不可算〗(木の実･卵･種などの)殻
the outer case of a nut kernel or seed:
〖材料としては不可算〗(木の実･卵･種などの)殻
e.g. peanuts roasted in their shells.
the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.
(カメ･カタツムリ･カニなどの)甲羅, 殻
the wing cases of a beetle.
the integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.
(one's shell) used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion:
e.g. she'll soon come out of her shell with the right encouragement.
2. an explosive artillery projectile or bomb:
砲弾
e.g. the sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion
e.g. as modifier : shell holes.
a hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.
North American a cartridge.
｟主に米｠ 薬莢(cartridge)
3. something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case:
(パイなどの)皮
e.g. pasta shells
e.g. baked pastry shells filled with cheese.
the walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure:
(建物･車･船などの)骨組み, 外壁.
e.g. the hotel was a shell, the roof having collapsed completely.
an outer form without substance:
e.g. he was a shell of the man he had been previously.
4. the metal framework of a vehicle body.
5. a light racing boat used in the sport of crew.
シェル〘レース用の軽量ボート〙
6. an inner or roughly made coffin.
7. the hand guard of a sword.
8. Physics each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies:
e.g. in a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first
e.g. an electron descending from one shell to a lower one emits an X-ray.
9. Computing short for shell program.
verb
1. with object bombard with shells:
〈場所など〉を砲撃する
e.g. the guns started shelling their positions.
2. with object remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed):
〈豆･木の実など〉を殻［さや］から取り出す, …の殻を取り除く
e.g. they were shelling peas
e.g. (as adjective shelled) : shelled Brazil nuts.
3. no object gather seashells:
e.g. there was nothing to do except swim or go shelling on the beaches.
PHRASAL VERBS
shell something out
informal pay a specified amount of money, especially an amount that is resented as being excessive:
e.g. it doesn't make sense to shell out $8.50 for an elevator ride.
DERIVATIVES
shell-less adjective
shelly |ˈSHelē| adjective
ORIGIN
Old English scell (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schel ‘scale, shell’, also to scale1. The verb dates from the mid 16th century in shell (sense 2 of the verb).