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hull

noun
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  1. the main, bottom part of a ship, that goes in the water船身；船体
    • a wooden/steel hull木质／钢质船体
    • They climbed onto the upturned hull and waited to be rescued.他们爬上了倾覆的船体，等候救援。🔊🔊
    Topics Transport by waterc2
    Word Originnoun Middle English: perhaps the same word as hull(verb), or related to hold ‘compartment of a ship or aircraft used to store cargo’.

hull

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hull
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he / she / it hulls
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past simple hulled
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past participle hulled
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-ing form hulling
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  1. hull something to remove the outer layer that covers peas, beans, grain, etc. or the ring of leaves attached to strawberries剥去（豌豆、大豆等）的外壳；摘掉（草莓）的花萼
    • First wash and hull the strawberries.首先洗净并去壳草莓。
    • hulled barley去壳大麦
    Word Originverb Old English hulu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huls, German Hülse ‘husk, pod’, and German Hülle ‘covering’, also to heel ‘to put a plant in the ground and cover its roots’.

Hull

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(also Kingston upon Hull)
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  1. a port and industrial centre in Humberside in north-eastern England. It is on the River Humber.