| ترجمات إضافية |
| shell n | (hard covering) | غلاف |
| | The shell of the phone protects it. |
| | غلاف الهاتف يحميه. |
| shell n | (nut: outer casing) | قشرة |
| | Brazil nuts have an extremely hard shell. |
| shell n | (crustacean's exoskeleton) | قشرة |
| | The newly moulted lobster has a tender shell. |
| shell n | (skeleton of a building) | هيكل |
| | The shell of the building was all that remained after the fire. |
| shell n | (weapon: projectile) | قذيفة |
| | The shell blew up the target. |
| | فجرت القذيفة هدفها. |
| shell n | (computing: user interface) (في الحوسبة) | قشرة، مظرف، "شل" |
| | The DOS window is a command-line shell. |
| shell⇒ vi | (drop bombs) | يقصف |
| | The artillery unit will shell all night. |
| shell [sth]⇒ vtr | (remove pod from: peas) | يقشّر |
| | Shell the peas, then cook them. |
| | قشّر البازلاء، ثم اطبخها. |
| shell [sth] vtr | (remove outer casing from: nut) | يقشّر |
| | Shell the nuts and eat them. |
| shell [sth] vtr | (bombard) | يقصف |
| | The artillery unit will shell the enemy positions. |
صيغ مركبة:
shell | she'll | shell top |
| a shell n | figurative (weakened person) | ظلّ |
| | He is just a shell of his former self. |
band shell,
bandshell n | US (music) (للحفلات الموسيقية) | مسرح قوقعيّ، مسرح صدَفيّ |
chiton,
sea cradle,
coat-of-mail shell n | (sea mollusk) (من الرخويات البحرية) | خَيتون |
clamshell,
clam shell n | (shell of a clam) | صدفة بطلينوس |
clamshell,
clamshell bucket n | (mechanical engineering: dredging device) | قادوس محاريّ، قادوس بفكّين، قادوس حفر |
| clamshell n | (printing: platen press) | طابعة محاريّة |
| clamshell n as adj | (can open and close like a clamshell) (يفتح ويغلق كالمحار) | محاريّ |
| clamshell n as adj | (shaped like a clamshell) (بشكل محارة أو صدفة بطلينوس) | محاريّ |
conch,
conch shell n | (shell of sea snail) | محارة، قوقعة |
| | The boy put a conch to his ear and closed his eyes to listen. |
cowrie shell,
cowry shell n | (shiny shell of a sea snail) | قوقعة الحلزون البحري |
| half shell n | (half of an oyster shell) | نصف صدفة |
| | In Botticelli's famous painting, Venus is depicted rising from the sea on a half-shell. |
hard-shell,
hard-shelled n as adj | (having a hard shell) | ذو قشرة قاسية، قاسي القشرة |
hard-shell,
hard shell n as adj | mainly US, figurative (person: strict, rigid) | متشدد |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| hollow shell n | (animal: empty carapace) | درع حشرة فارغ |
| | During the summer, Cicadas molt and leave behind their hollow shells. |
| hollow shell n | figurative (person: exhausted) | مرهَق جدًّا |
| | The experience had left him a hollow shell, barely able to function. |
| mortar shell n | (explosive projectile weapon) | قذيفة هاون |
| outer shell n | (exterior casing) | قشرة خارجية، غلاف خارجي |
| | The outer shell of the helmet is made up of carbon-fibre material. |
| oyster shell n | (oyster's hard outer covering) | صدفة المحار |
razor clam,
jackknife clam,
razor shell n | (mollusk: shellfish) (محار له شكل موسى الحلاقة) | محار حلّاق |
| sea shell n | (outer casing of a marine mollusc) | صدفة البحر، محارة |
shell company,
shell corporation n | (company used as vehicle) | شركة واجهة، شركة صورية، شركة وهمية |
| shell game n | (guessing game) | لعبة الصدف |
| | I'm pretty sure there's some kind of trickery involved in shell games. |
| shell game n | figurative (cheat, fraud) | خداع، تزوير |
| | The investment scheme was a fraud - a real shell game. |
| shell hole n | (hole made by bomb) (حفرة تسببت بها قذيفة) | حفرة قذيفة |
shell shock,
also UK: shellshock n | (psychiatry: war trauma) (في الطب النفسيّ) | صدمة القصف، صدمة القتال، إجهاد المعركة |
shell shock [sb],
shell-shock [sb] vtr | (act of war: cause trauma) | يتسبّب بصدمة قتال لشخص |
| shell steak | (cookery) | شريحة لحم خاصرة، "بفتيك فوفيليه" |
| shell-shocked adj | (suffering from shell fire) | مصاب بصدمة القصف، مصاب بصدمة القذائف |
| shell-shocked adj | figurative (stunned) | مندهش، مصعوق |
| soft-shell n as adj | (zoology: having a flexible shell) | ليِّن الصدفة |
| soft-shell crab n | (crustacean with edible shell) | سرطان ليّن الصدفة |
| | Fried soft-shell crab on French bread is my favorite sandwich. |
| taco shell n | (type of tortilla) | خبز التاكو |
| turtle shell n | (carapace of aquatic tortoise) | درع السلحفاة، ذَبل |