外博词典，懂英语单词快速记忆法的在线英语词典
常用短语
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米糠
场景例句
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How can we remove the husk of the grains?
我们怎样去掉谷物的外皮？
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I had winnowed the husk away when he came in.
他进来时,我已把糠筛去了.
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The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.
椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
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单词家谱
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husk 谷壳，豆荚
来自PIE*skeu，隐藏，覆盖，词源同hide，hose.引申词义保护，谷壳，豆荚等。
husk (n.)
late 14c., huske "dry, outer skin of certain fruits and seeds," of unknown origin. "A common word since c 1400 of which no earlier trace has been found" [OED]. Perhaps from Middle Dutch huuskyn "little house, core of fruit, case," diminutive of huus "house," or from an equivalent formation in English (see house (n.)).
husk (v.)
"strip off the husks of," 1560s, from husk (n.). Related: Husked; husking.
