单词 | shelled |
释义 | shelledadj.1 1. a. Of animals, fruits, etc.: Having a shell. shelled insects, the crustacean group Entomostraca: cf. shell-insect n. at shell n. Compounds 8. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > outer covering > having or like a shell shellc1440 shelled1577 shelly1593 hard-shelled1599 soft-shelled1611 thick-shelleda1657 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > nut > [adjective] > of or relating to a shell > having a shell shellc1440 shelled1577 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 102 Those fruites that are shelde, as Nuttes. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xiv. 29 They are like shelled fish, singing loudest when their house is on fire about their ears. 1730 J. Southall Treat. Buggs 19 A Bugg's Body is shaped and shelled, and the Shell as transparent..as the most beautiful..Turtle. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 510 The juices of shell'd fish. 1812 I. D'Israeli Calam. Auth. II. 79 Authors must not be thin-skinned, but shelled like the Rhinoceros. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 212 He's shelled like a partan. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 370 Shelled-Astacians (Epipyxididæ). 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1009 The contained eggs, or rather shelled embryos, are minute. b. With prefixed adjective: Having a shell (of a certain kind). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > nut > [adjective] > of or relating to a shell > having a shell > of a certain kind hard-shelled1599 shelled1611 hardshell1670 softshell1670 paper-shelled1753 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Reffe An hard-sheld nut. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia in Poems (1878) The Author 8 To stoope at the thick-Shell'd Dorrs of Obiection. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 626 The corn here is thinner shelled than that which grows in a fatter soil. 1845 P. H. Gosse Ocean (1849) i. 58 Some little shelled Mollusk. 1904 P. Fountain Great North-West xxi. 249 The eggs..are very small and delicate shelled. 2. Of a beach: Covered with shells. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > beach > specific shelled1895 1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Feb. 11/2 A generous expanse of shelled and sandy beach. 3. Of ammunition: Contained in shells. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of ammunition tower-proof1673 ready-use1846 shelled1900 1900 Daily News 13 June 7/6 Our artillery now poured in common shelled lyddite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). shelledadj.2 Deprived of the shell; from which the shell has been removed or shed. Cf. sheeled adj. shelled corn: Indian corn removed from the cob. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > prepared grains polentaOE groats?a1100 tisanea1425 oat groatsa1475 grist?1567 polent1577 French barley1596 pearl barley1639 shelled corn1676 pot barley1761 burghul1764 semolina1784 yokeag1824 burgoo1825 Scotch barley1825 pearl sago1828 semoletta1844 semola1853 manna croup1864 manna groats1864 corn chip1868 rolled oats1870 flake-manna1886 flake-tapioca1886 grape-nuts1898 kibble1902 stamped mealies1911 stamp1923 bulgur1934 freekeh1940 stamp mealies1952 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [adjective] > having shell or pod removed shaled1598 shelled1676 1676 in Arch. Maryland (1884) II. 560 A Peck of Indian shell'd Corn or Oates. 1699 Colonial Rec. N. Carolina I. 521 That ye Marshal deliver..soe Much Sheld Corn. 1714 J. Green Diary in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1869) X. 104 I agreed to give Mr. Ganson five bushels of shelled corn at harvest, for ye damage my oxen did ye last night. 1725 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia iii. 129 It is of this shell'd Oats that they make the Grotts. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 41 A shelled pea-cod. 1828 W. Cobbett Treat. Cobbett's Corn viii. §136 The Americans call it, and..we must call it, ‘shelled corn’. 1887 Daily News 18 July 2/5 Peas..8d to 1s per shelled pint. 1950 Chicago Tribune 20 Mar. iv. 1/3 The class of Illinois shippers primarily affected would be those who consign shelled corn to far western states. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.11577adj.21676 |
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