壳
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Definitions
- 1. shell
- 2. carapace
- 3. crust (earth's crust etc)
- 4. also pr. [ké]
Words Containing 壳
shell
carapace
the Earth's crust
crustal movement
envelope
oceanic crust (geology)
containment vessel
see 屎蚵螂[shǐ kē láng]
bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative
ammunition case
coconut shell
coconut fiber
bullet-headed
case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)
crust-mantle (geology)
see 殼牌公司|壳牌公司[qiào pái gōng sī]
Shell (oil company)
chitin
(coll.) feeder pig
oil sump
oceanic crust (geology)
oceanic crust (geology)
tortoise shell
see 無殼蝸牛|无壳蜗牛[wú ké wō niú]
fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
tortoise shell
carapace
crustacean
chitin
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
coleoptera
crustacean
carapace
crust
nut
rice husk
husk of grain
shell company; shell corporation
crust
outer ear
to break out of an eggshell
skull
clamshell
eggshell
to exuviate
see 蛻殼|蜕壳[tuì ké]
the body (housing the soul)
metal cover
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
adductor muscle (of a bivalve mollusk)
bivalve
Mauser pistol
muddled
tortoise shell
Formosan pit viper