hull

n. 船体；（果实的）外壳

vt. [粮食] 去壳

n. (Hull)人名；(英)赫尔；(法)于尔

中文词源

hull 豆荚，船身，船体

来自古英语hulu,豆荚，壳，来自Proto-Germanic*hulus,覆盖，隐藏，来自PIE*kel,遮盖，隐藏，词源同hall,cell.船体义可能来自同一词源，因形如豆荚而得名。

hull: hull: [OE] The notion underlying the word hull is of ‘covering’ or ‘concealing’. It originally meant ‘peapod’ – etymologically, the ‘covering’ of peas – and comes ultimately from the same Indo- European source as produced English cell, clandestine, conceal, hall, hell, and possibly colour and holster. It is generally assumed that hull ‘main body of a ship’, which first appeared in the 15th century, is the same word (a ship’s hull resembling an open peapod), although some etymologists have suggested that it may be connected with hollow.
=> cell, clandestine, conceal, hall, hell, occult
hull (n.1): "seed covering," from Old English hulu "husk, pod," from Proto-Germanic *hulus "to cover" (cognates: Old High German hulla, hulsa; German Hülle, Hülse, Dutch huls). Figurative use by 1831.
hull (n.2): "body of a ship," 1550s, perhaps from hull (n.1) on fancied resemblance of ship keels to open peapods (compare Latin carina "keel of a ship," originally "shell of a nut;" Greek phaselus "light passenger ship, yacht," literally "bean pod;" French coque "hull of a ship; shell of a walnut or egg"). Alternative etymology is from Middle English hoole "ship's keel" (mid-15c.), from the same source as hold (n.).
hull (v.): "to remove the husk of," early 15c., from hull (n.1). Related: Hulled, which can mean both "having a particular kind of hull" and "stripped of the hull."

hull：厚。还是壳厚——外壳，荚，船身（都是壳）；剥壳。2. cell => conceal <===> hall, hell, hull.3. hall => hell, hull.4. hollow <===> hull.

1. We could hear the swish and gurgle of water against the hull.: 我们能听到水拍打船体时的哗哗声。

3. He went to Hull University, where he studied History and Economics.: 他去了赫尔大学学习历史和经济学。