Husk

(noun.) outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds.

(verb.) remove the husks from; 'husk corn'.

编辑:米考伯

• He is plain; there is a husk upon him, a dry shell, and he will wear it till he is near twenty, then he will put it off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The crab begins by tearing the husk, fiber by fiber, and always from that end under which the three eye-holes are situated. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It would at first be thought quite impossible for a crab to open a strong cocoanut covered with husk, but Mr. Liesk assures me that he has repeatedly seen this effected. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They thus secured their food, and accumulated s urprising quantities of the picked fibres of the cocoanut husk, on which they rest as a bed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• And I will give the missionary my energies--it is all he wants--but not myself: that would be only adding the husk and shell to the kernel. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Nearly every Mexican carried a pouch of leaf tobacco, powdered by rolling in the hands, and a roll of corn husks to make wrappers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The criticism I am making is of those who try to feed upon the husks alone. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The fibrous husks of cocoanuts are prepared in such a way as to form cellulose, which is used for the protection of warships, preventing the inflow of water through shot holes. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• These I heated before the fire, as well as I could, and rubbed them till the husks came off, which I made a shift to winnow from the grain. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He was touching unconsciously the dead husks of flowers as he passed by, and talking disconnectedly to himself. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Then one needn't assert anything--' He stood still, looking at the water, and throwing upon it the husks of the flowers. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

校对:伦道夫