husk

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /hʌsk/    美 /hʌsk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
    — A coconut has a very thick husk.
  2. An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm uncountable
    — The symptoms of Husk are a constant cough, rapid loss of flesh, difficulty in breathing and, in the later stages, loss of appetite and diarrhœa.
  3. Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something. figuratively
    — His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
  4. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
动词 v.
  1. To remove husks from. transitive
  2. To cough, clear one's throat. intransitive
    — Back on the veranda he said to Lace gravely, "I do believe that poor child's in the family way." Lace, tracing the pattern of the matting with his boot, husked, and murmured, "Yes — I think so.
  3. To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice. transitive
    — The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked, "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched.

词形变化

husks plural husks present,singular,third-person husking participle,present husked participle,past husked past husks present,singular,third-person husking participle,present husked participle,past husked past

词汇关系

衍生词
cornhusk huskless husklike husk tomato rice husk unhusk dehusk
相关词
husky

词源

词源 1
From Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose + -ock.
Alternatively from Middle Low German hûs(e)ken, hü̂seken (“little house, sheath”), Middle Dutch husekijn (“little house, core of fruit, case”), diminutive of hûs (“house”). Compare Dutch huisje, German Häuschen, both also used for “snailshell”.
词源 2
Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by husky.
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