Hulk



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 废船; 笨重之人或物
• ［英］ n. 废船 ( the hull of an dismantled ship)

Webster Collegiate

kI. noun

• Etymology: Middle English hulke, from Old English hulc, probably from Medieval Latin holcas, from Greek holkas, from helkein to pull — more at sulcus
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a heavy clumsy ship
  • b.
    • (1) the body of an old ship unfit for service
    • (2) a ship used as a prison — usually used in plural<every prisoner sent to the hulks — Kenneth Roberts>
  • c. an abandoned wreck or shell (as of a building or automobile)
• 2. one that is bulky or unwieldy <a big hulk of a man>

II. intransitive verb

• Date: circa 1825
• 1. dialect England to move ponderously
• 2. to appear impressively large or massive ; loom <factories hulked along the river>

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