名词 · 1
词源
源自中古英語 huske。可能源自古英語 *husuc, *hosuc (“很小的覆盖物”)，hosu (“壳，皮”)的指小词，源自原始西日耳曼語 *hosā，源自原始日耳曼語 *husǭ、*hausaz (“覆盖物，壳，裹腿”)，源自原始印歐語 *kawəs- / kawes- (“盖”)。若如此，等价于hose + -ock。
另可能源自中古低地德語 hūske(n) (“小房子，保护套”)、中古荷蘭語 hūskijn (“小房子，果核，盒子”)，hūs (“房子”)的指小词。对比荷蘭語 huisje、德語 Häuschen，两者均可指“蜗牛壳”。
释义
果皮，外皮
A coconut has a very thick husk.
椰子皮很厚。
（无用的）外壳，（没有任何有价值的内容物的）躯壳
His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
他的律师曾经是个没用的男人。
Unlike dogs, cats have retractable claws which do not wear down when walking. Instead, cats pull the old husk of nail from their claws by raking them down some convenient piece of wood, to expose a new sharp claw underneath.
1991, Morgan Kerr, Norman Kerr, An Introduction to Cat Care, page 63:
词形与写法（1）
派生词（3）
cornhuskhusk tomatorice husk
动词 · 2
词源
源自中古英語 huske。可能源自古英語 *husuc, *hosuc (“很小的覆盖物”)，hosu (“壳，皮”)的指小词，源自原始西日耳曼語 *hosā，源自原始日耳曼語 *husǭ、*hausaz (“覆盖物，壳，裹腿”)，源自原始印歐語 *kawəs- / kawes- (“盖”)。若如此，等价于hose + -ock。
另可能源自中古低地德語 hūske(n) (“小房子，保护套”)、中古荷蘭語 hūskijn (“小房子，果核，盒子”)，hūs (“房子”)的指小词。对比荷蘭語 huisje、德語 Häuschen，两者均可指“蜗牛壳”。
释义
给...去皮，给...剥壳
transitive
词形与写法（3）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|
| husks | third-person · singular · present | |
| husking | present · participle | |
| husked | past · participle · 簡單過去時 | |
名词 · 3
词源
部分是拟声词，部分源自上方的词源1，受到了husky的影响。
释义
蠕虫性气管炎
The symptoms of Husk are a constant cough, rapid loss of flesh, difficulty in breathing and, in the later stages, loss of appetite and diarrhœa.
1876, John Walker, How to Farm with Profit Arable and Pasture Land: A Practical Manual on Modern Agriculture, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, page 78:
动词 · 4
词源
部分是拟声词，部分源自上方的词源1，受到了husky的影响。
释义
清嗓子
intransitiveBack on the veranda he said to Lace gravely, "I do believe that poor child's in the family way." Lace, tracing the pattern of the matting with his boot, husked, and murmured, "Yes — I think so.
1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 181:
声音嘶哑地说
transitiveThe French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked, "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched.
2006, Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon, Del Rey Books, page 5:
词形与写法（3）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|
| husks | third-person · singular · present | |
| husking | present · participle | |
| husked | past · participle · 簡單過去時 | |