cockleshell

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The shell of a cockle (or similar shell).
    — The moment land had disappeared, the great canoe seemed no larger than a cockleshell; the waves lapped dangerously near to the tops of the gunwales, all but toppling into the canoe; and that is the curious thing about Polynesian canoes: the water always laps just to the tops of the gunwales, no matter whether the canoe is shallow or deep, whether empty or heavily laden.
  2. A small, flimsy boat.

词形变化

cockleshells plural

词源

From cockle + shell.
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