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.
New Zealand is an impotant agricultural country with a small population. In size it is bigger than Guangdong Province, yet has a much smaller population.
新西兰是一个人口很少的重要的农业国。新西兰的面积比广东省大,但人口却少得多。
He was a model of a different kind of political leader.