hulk是什么意思

hulk

英 [h?lk] 美 [h?lk]

hulk：厚殼。——船殼，笨重的人或物。（背上厚厚的殼當然笨重了）

hulk 船骸，笨重的大船，龐然大物

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，或用于海上監獄的廢棄船只。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.

3. At this rate, he would one day become an empty hulk.: 假若這么活下去, 他會有一天成為一個干骨頭架子,還是這么大,而膛兒里全是空的.

5. Great waves formed and spread as the hulk rose to the surface.: 當這巨大笨重的船露出水面時,水面泛起了巨大的波浪又向四面散去.