Pod

(noun.) a detachable container of fuel on an airplane.

(noun.) a group of aquatic mammals.

(noun.) a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant.

(noun.) the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).

(verb.) produce pods, of plants.

(verb.) take something out of its shell or pod; 'pod peas or beans'.

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• He said, in what he meant for a reassuring tone, as they turned down a narrow road, 'And this is Pod's End; is it, Jupe? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• This man lives at Pod's End, and I don't quite know Pod's End,' said Mr. Gradgrind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Great Range of Mechanisms to Treat the Tenderest Pods and Smallest Seeds. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Peanuts are really the seeds or pods of a plant belonging to the family called the earthnut in Great Britain, the nuts there being used chiefly to fatten swine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In 1809, L'Hommedieu, a Frenchman, invented an auger with two pods and cutting lips, a central screw and a twisted shank. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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