shuck
shuck — verb
- shuckpresent simple I / you / we / they
- shucks3rd person singular
- shucking-ing form
- shuckedpast simple
1. to take off the hard outer layer of a food such as corn, an oyster, or a nut bef
to take off the hard outer layer of a food such as corn, an oyster, or a nut before eating or cooking it
Yasmin helped her grandmother shuck the corn before dinner.
shuck + corn — typical object for this verb
The restaurant hired extra workers just to shuck oysters on weekends.
shuck + oysters — common shellfish object
Bao learned how to shuck clams during his summer job at the seafood market.
Ingrid carefully shucked the peas and dropped them into a bowl.
Selim showed the children how to shuck walnuts without breaking the nuts inside.
文法句型
shuck + food item (corn / oysters / clams / peas / nuts)
用法筆記
Commonly used with corn, oysters, clams, peas, and nuts. The object is always the food item whose covering is removed, not the tool used to do it.
常見錯誤
shuck — noun
1. the tough outer covering that must be removed before eating foods such as corn,
the tough outer covering that must be removed before eating foods such as corn, oysters, clams, and certain nuts and seeds
Ritu tossed the corn shucks into the compost pile after dinner.
corn shucks — the leafy covering of corn
Charlotte carefully peeled back the green shuck to reveal the golden corn inside.
The oyster's shuck was tightly closed, so Tyler used a special knife to open it.
Tamar used dried corn shucks to weave a small decorative basket.
文法句型
a/the shuck
shucks (plural)
用法筆記
Most often refers to the outer covering of corn (the leafy husk) and of shellfish (the hard shell). In American English, 'shuck' implies a tough or fibrous layer that must be removed before eating.