husk 音标拼音: [h'ʌsk]
n . 外壳,皮,无价值之物
vt . 剥…的壳,削皮
外壳,皮,无价值之物剥…的壳,削皮
husk n 1 :
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [
synonym : {
chaff }, {
husk }, {
shuck }, {
stalk }, {
straw },
{
stubble }]
2 :
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds v 1 :
remove the husks from ; "
husk corn " [
synonym : {
husk }, {
shell }]
Husk \
Husk \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Husked };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Husking }.]
To strip off the external covering or envelope of ;
as ,
to husk Indian corn .
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1913 Webster ]
Husk \
Husk \ (
h [
u ^]
sk ),
n . [
Prob .
for hulsk ,
and from the same root as hull a husk .
See {
Hull }
a husk .]
1 .
The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds ;
glume ;
hull ;
rind ;
in the United States ,
especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The supporting frame of a run of millstones .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Husks of the prodigal son } (
Bot .),
the pods of the carob tree .
See {
Carob }.
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1913 Webster ]
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "
husk ":
afterglow ,
afterimage ,
balance ,
bark ,
boll ,
bones ,
bran ,
burr ,
butt ,
butt end ,
candle ends ,
capsule ,
case ,
chaff ,
cod ,
corn shuck ,
cornhusk ,
culm ,
deadwood ,
debris ,
detritus ,
dishwater ,
draff ,
dregs ,
dust ,
end ,
fag end ,
filings ,
follicle ,
fossil ,
garbage ,
gash ,
hogwash ,
holdover ,
hull ,
husks ,
jacket ,
leavings ,
lees ,
leftovers ,
legume ,
legumen ,
odds and ends ,
offal ,
offscourings ,
orts ,
palea ,
parings ,
pease cod ,
peel ,
pericarp ,
pod ,
potsherds ,
rags ,
raspings ,
refuse ,
relics ,
remainder ,
remains ,
remnant ,
residue ,
residuum ,
rest ,
rind ,
roach ,
rubbish ,
ruins ,
rump ,
sawdust ,
scourings ,
scrap iron ,
scraps ,
scum ,
seed pod ,
seed vessel ,
seedbox ,
seedcase ,
shadow ,
shards ,
shavings ,
shell ,
shuck ,
silique ,
skin ,
slack ,
slag ,
slop ,
slops ,
slough ,
straw ,
stubble ,
stump ,
survival ,
sweepings ,
swill ,
tares ,
trace ,
vestige ,
wastage ,
waste ,
waste matter ,
wastepaper ,
weeds Husk In Num .
6 :
4 (
Heb .
zag )
it means the "
skin "
of a grape .
In 2 Kings 4 :
42 (
Heb .
tsiqlon )
it means a "
sack "
for grain ,
as rendered in the Revised Version .
In Luke 15 :
16 ,
in the parable of the Prodigal Son ,
it designates the beans of the carob tree ,
or Ceratonia siliqua .
From the supposition ,
mistaken ,
however ,
that it was on the husks of this tree that John the Baptist fed ,
it is called "
St .
John '
s bread "
and "
locust tree ."
This tree is in "
February covered with innumerable purple -
red pendent blossoms ,
which ripen in April and May into large crops of pods from 6 to 10 inches long ,
flat ,
brown ,
narrow ,
and bent like a horn (
whence the Greek name keratia ,
meaning '
little horns '),
with a sweetish taste when still unripe .
Enormous quantities of these are gathered for sale in various towns and for exportation ." "
They were eaten as food ,
though only by the poorest of the poor ,
in the time of our Lord ."
The bean is called a "
gerah ,"
which is used as the name of the smallest Hebrew weight ,
twenty of these making a shekel .
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