hull
n
body of a ship 船体; 船身
a fully-loaded tanker with its hull low in the water 船身没入水中的满载的油船. =>illus at catamaran, yacht 见catamaran和yacht插图.
hull n
1 outer covering of some fruits and seeds, esp the pods of peas and beans (某些水果和种子的)外壳, (尤指)豆荚.
2 cluster of leaves on a strawberry, raspberry, etc (草莓、 悬钩子等的)花萼. hull, v [Tn]
remove the hulls of (peas, beans, fruit, etc) 除去(豌豆、 大豆、 水果等)的荚、 壳、 皮.
However, in recent times the old-age pension has only been paid to the poorest people because there has been an increase in the number of people out of work.189
然而阳近一段时间,老年养老金只付给那些最穷的人,因为失业的人数一直在增长。
It was a Sunday in May. My brother and I had decided to go off for a long walk while we were staying with my grandparents in the French countryside.