| 释义 |
shook
I.
Etymology: Middle English shook (past), from Old English scōc
past or chiefly dialect
past part of shake
II. \ˈshu̇k\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1.
a. : a set of staves and headings for one hogshead, cask, or barrel trimmed and bound together compactly
b.
(1) : a bundle or set of tops, bottoms, sides, and ends of boxes ready to be put together
(2) : a veneer of wood out of which boxes (as wire-bound boxes) are made
c. : the parts of a piece of house furniture (as a bedstead) packed together
2. : a shock of sheaves
< broad fields covered with wheat in shooks — F.M.Ford >
< rows of wigwam-shaped shooks — John Dos Passos >
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to pack (as staves) in a shook |