the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings 船体,船壳
verb
[with obj.](一般作 be hulled)hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a shell or other missile (用炮弹或别的发射物)击穿船身
Middle English: perhaps the same word as hull, or related to hold
hull2 noun
the outer covering of a fruit or seed, especially the pod of peas and beans, or the husk of grain (果实或种子的)外壳(尤指豌豆和蚕豆的豆荚);谷物外壳 ■the green calyx of a strawberry or raspberry (草莓或树莓的)绿色花萼
verb
[with obj.][usu. as adj. hulled]remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain) 除去(果实,种子或谷物的)外壳(或皮,荚等)
语源
Old English hulu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huls, German Hülse 'husk, pod', and German Hülle 'covering', also to heel