shell

貝殻

海の動物を包む硬い殻。中身のないものが浜辺でよく見つかる。

やさしい英語で： The hard covering of a sea animal, often found empty on a beach.

• I found a shell on the beach.
• She keeps colorful shells in a glass jar.
• Waves washed hundreds of shells onto the sand.

類義語： seashell

よく使う表現： collect a shell, an empty shell, a sea shell, shell collection

殻

クルミなどの木の実を包む硬い外側の部分。

やさしい英語で： The hard outside covering of a nut.

• The nut has a hard shell.
• He cracked the walnut shell with a hammer.
• Throw the empty shells into the compost bin.

よく使う表現： walnut shell, nut shell, crack the shell, a hard shell

砲撃する

大砲から爆発する弾を撃ち、場所を攻撃する。

やさしい英語で： To attack a place by firing explosive objects from large guns.

• The army shelled the town.
• Heavy guns were shelling the enemy positions.
• Several homes were destroyed when troops shelled the village.

類義語： bombard

よく使う表現： shell a town, shell enemy positions, shell a village, shell the trenches

殻が落ちる、さやから落ちる

外側の殻が取れたり、種がさやから自然に落ちたりする。

やさしい英語で： To lose an outer covering, or fall naturally out of a seed case.

• These nuts shell as they fall.
• The dry peas shelled out of their pods.
• Some beans shell naturally when their pods split.

類義語： shed a covering

よく使う表現： shell out naturally, shell when ripe, shell on falling