hulk

• n. 廢船；笨重的船；船體
• vi. 龐然大物般出現；赫然顯現

來自古英語hulc,快船，在中古英語時期詞義由快船演變為笨重的慢船，最終來自希臘語holkas,商船，纖夫拉船，來自PIE*selk,拉，拖，詞源同sulcus.進入進代英語詞義由慢船演變為船骸，或用於海上監獄的廢棄船隻。引申詞義龐然大物。

hulk (n.)

Old English hulc "light, fast ship" (but in Middle English a heavy, unwieldy one), probably from Old Dutch hulke and Medieval Latin hulcus, perhaps ultimately from Greek holkas "merchant ship," literally "ship that is towed," from helkein "to pull" (from PIE root *selk- "to pull, draw"). Meaning "body of an old, worn-out ship" is first recorded 1670s. The Hulks ("Great Expectations") were old ships used as prisons. Sense of "big, clumsy person" is first recorded c. 1400 (early 14c. as a surname: Stephen le Hulke).

HULK. In the sixteenth century the large merchantman of the northern nations. As she grew obsolete, her name was applied in derision to all crank vessels, until it came to be degraded to its present use, i.e., any old vessel unfit for further employment. [Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943]

hulk (v.)

"to be clumsy, unwieldy, lazy," 1789, from hulk (n.). Related: Hulked; hulking.

1. I followed his big hulk into the house.

我跟在他魁梧的身軀後麵進了屋子。

來自柯林斯例句

2. the hulk of a wrecked ship

遇難輪船的殘骸

來自《權威詞典》

3. At this rate, he would one day become an empty hulk.

假若這麽活下去, 他會有一天成為一個幹骨頭架子,還是這麽大,而膛兒裏全是空的.

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子

4. I could make out the gutted hulk of the tanker.

我可以辨認出油船破爛不堪的殘骸。

來自辭典例句

5. Great waves formed and spread as the hulk rose to the surface.

當這巨大笨重的船露出水麵時,水麵泛起了巨大的波浪又向四麵散去.

來自互聯網