hulk如何读

英:[hʌlk]

美:[hʌlk]

hulk是什么意思

  • n. 废船; 笨重的人或物
  • vi. 赫然显现; <英口>笨拙地挪动

hulk变形

复数:hulks

第三人称单数:hulks

现在分词:hulking

过去式:hulked

过去分词:hulked

hulk词根

词根:hulk

adj.

hulking 笨重的;粗陋的

hulk英英释义

noun

a heavy clumsy ship

the body of an old ship unfit for service

every prisoner sent to the hulks—Kenneth Roberts

an abandoned wreck or shell (as of a building or automobile)

one that is bulky or unwieldy

verb

intransitive verb

dialectal, England to move ponderously

to appear impressively large or massive : loom

factories hulked along the river

hulk词源中文解释

古英语 hulc “轻快的船”(解释为拉丁语 liburna,但在中古英语中是笨重、难以操纵的),可能来自古荷兰语 hulke 和中世纪拉丁语 hulcus,最终可能源自希腊语 holkas “商船”,字面意思是“被拖的船”,来自 helkein “拉,拖,拽”(来自 PIE 词根 *selk- “拉,拖”)。

“[A]在西欧海洋民族中早期传播的词语”[OED]。指“旧船的残骸”首次记录于1670年代。 The Hulks(《远大前程》)是用作监狱的旧船。指“大而笨拙的人”首次记录于公元1400年左右(14世纪初作为一个姓氏: Stephen le Hulke)。

HULK. In the sixteenth century the large merchantman of the northern nations. As she grew obsolete, her name was applied in derision to all crank vessels, until it came to be degraded to its present use, i.e., any old vessel unfit for further employment. [Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943]
HULK。在16世纪,北方国家的大型商船。随着她变得过时,她的名字被用来嘲笑所有的脆弱船只,直到它被降级为现在的用途,即任何不适合进一步使用的旧船。[Geoffrey Callender,“海上通道”,1943]

hulk词源英文解释

Noun Middle English hulke, from Old English hulc, probably from Medieval Latin holcas, from Greek holkas, from helkein to pull — more at sulcus

The first known use of hulk was before the 12th century

hulk儿童词典英英释义

human1 of 2adjective

relating to or characteristic of human beingsespecially: showing qualities typical of human beings

a human failing

consisting of or involving human beings

human spaceflight

having human form or characteristics

the dog's expression was almost human

human2 of 2noun

a human being

humverb

to utter a continuous \m\ sound

to make the natural buzzing sound of an insect in motion or a sound like it : drone

to give forth a low continuous blend of sound

to produce musical tones while keeping the lips closed

to be busily active

the place was humming

hull1 of 2noun

the outer covering of a fruit or seed

the remains of the flower that cling to the base of some fruits (as a strawberry)

the frame or body of a ship, flying boat, or airship

hull2 of 2verb

to remove the hulls of hulled the corn kernels

hulling strawberries

hull1 of 2noun

the outer covering of a fruit or seed

the remains of the flower that cling to the base of some fruits (as a strawberry)

the frame or body of a ship, flying boat, or airship

hull2 of 2verb

to remove the hulls of hulled the corn kernels

hulling strawberries

hull1 of 2noun

the outer covering of a fruit or seed

the remains of the flower that cling to the base of some fruits (as a strawberry)

the frame or body of a ship, flying boat, or airship

hull2 of 2verb

to remove the hulls of hulled the corn kernels

hulling strawberries

hullabaloonoun

informal uproar, din

hull1 of 2noun

the outer covering of a fruit or seed

the remains of the flower that cling to the base of some fruits (as a strawberry)

the frame or body of a ship, flying boat, or airship

hull2 of 2verb

to remove the hulls of hulled the corn kernels

hulling strawberries

hulk1 of 2noun

a heavy clumsy ship

the body of an old ship unfit for service or of an abandoned wreck

a bulky or clumsy person or thing

hulk2 of 2verb

to appear impressively large

factories hulking along the river

hulk 例句

1 She flies against the rain, eyes fixed on the horizon, hoping to see the hulking form of the RV coming to save her.

2 Someone I couldn’t place, some hulking animal stalking the shadows of my mind all night.

3 A hulking tiger stepped toward a cluster of demons, and its roar sent them scurrying behind Nergal.

4 Beyond the cove, the crimson hulks of Oxscinian Royal Navy ships lay at anchor, decks spiked with cannons.

5 Matt found a nook between two shrouded hulks where he thought they might be warmer.

6 The foot of the bridge was a half-sunken enemy galley with Dragonsbane painted on her prow, her bottom ripped out by one of the sunken hulks Tyrion had placed between the quays.

7 The washing machine itself is tubular white enamel, a hulk on four spindly legs.

8 Screaming mouths opened all over the hulking shadow.

9 In the photograph, there are hulking concrete buildings with narrow windows along the block.

10 Another hulk heavy with wildfire went up behind him.

11 A huge, hulking man stood over her; he was so big the revolver in his hands looked like a toy.

12 Recovering himself in a minute he opened for us two hulking patent cabinets which held his massed suits and dressing-gowns and ties, and his shirts, piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high.

13 Many of them are hulking in appearance, even monstrous—bulging arms and long claws, black pools in the place of eyes.

14 With each month of silence that passed between them, she felt the silence itself calcify, and become a hard and hulking statue, impossible to defeat.

15 I stare at the picture and then look at Joon’s hulking back.

16 Which looked strange, because suddenly each of them had turned into a hulking, six-armed Earthborn.

17 The sun slanted through the trees, low and golden, sending showers of light around their drifting hulks.

18 Jesper had watched it make slow progress from Ketterdam in the early dawn light, a tiny black dot that grew into a hulking blot on the horizon.

19 A big-bellied, shambling hulk of a man, the sellsword had a seamed face crisscrossed with old scars.

20 He’s large and hulking, clad in leather like the leader of a biker gang.

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