n.

1. 殼，果殼；莢[C][U]
   Peanuts have shells.

   花生有殼。

2. 貝殼，甲[C][U]
   The seashore was covered with shells.

   海灘上到處是貝殼。

3. 殼狀物；外殼；套，罩[C]
4. 有甲殼的軟體動物[C]
5. 緘默；冷淡，矜持[C]
6. 錐形小啤酒杯[C]
7. （計畫等的）梗概，輪廓[C]
8. 砲彈；獵槍子彈；彈殼[C]
9. 輕快的賽艇[C]
10. （房屋的）骨架[C]
    The building was burned to a shell.

    大樓被燒得只剩下空骨架。

11. （人的）軀殼[C]
    The despair left him a mere shell of a man.

    他陷入絕望，形同軀殼。

12. 地殼；薄硬岩層[C]
13. 【電腦】殼（UNIX作業系統中的一部分，是使用者與系統的界面）

vt.

1. 剝……的殼；剝
   She is shelling peas.

   她在剝豌豆。

2. 為（麥穗等）去殼
3. 用貝殼鋪；給……裝殼體
4. 砲轟；射擊
   The town was shelled last night.

   昨晚該鎮遭到砲擊。

vi.

1. （種子等）脫殼
2. （金屬等）剝落，成碎片落下[（+off）]

n.

1. the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean.
   ▸the thin outer covering of a bird's or reptile's egg.
   ▸the outer case of a nut kernel or seed.
   ▸the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.
   ▸the wing cases of a beetle.
   ▸the integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.
2. an explosive artillery projectile or bomb.
   ▸a hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.
   ▸N. Amer. a cartridge.
3. something resembling or likened to a shell, especially a hollow or outer case.
4. the walls of an unfinished or gutted building.
5. a light racing boat.
6. the metal framework of a vehicle body.
7. the hand guard of a sword.
8. Physics  each of a set of orbitals in an atom, occupied by electrons of similar energies.
9. Computing  short for shell program.

v.

1. bombard with shells.
2. remove the shell or pod from.
3. (shell something out) informal pay a specified amount of money, especially an amount regarded as excessive.