单词 | hulk |
释义 | hulk (hŭlk) n. 1. Nautical a. A heavy, unwieldy ship. b. The hull of an old, unseaworthy, or wrecked ship. c. often hulks An old or unseaworthy ship used as a prison or warehouse. 2. One, such as a person or object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy. 3. A wrecked or abandoned shell of a usually large object, such as a building or vehicle. intr.v. hulked, hulk·ing, hulks 1. To appear as a massive or towering form; loom: The big truck hulked out of the fog. 2. To move clumsily. [Middle English, from Old English hulc, from Medieval Latin hulcus, probably from Greek holkas, ship that is towed, merchant ship, from holkos, machine for hauling ships, from helkein, to pull.] |
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