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shellback

/shel-bak/US // ˈʃɛlˌbæk //UK // (ˈʃɛlˌbæk) //

贝壳壳,贝壳类,贝壳类动物,贝类

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an old sailor.
    • : a person who has crossed the equator by boat.

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Examples

  • Swedish producers Max Martin (“I Kissed a Girl”) and Shellback collaborate on some of her feistiest tunes.

  • How could he give his life, with all its fair possibilities, all its high hopes, for this worn-out old shellback?

  • At seven o'clock we dined together in the saloon—the skipper, an old shellback whom Walworth had picked up, sitting down with us.

  • The word was no sooner spoken than our shellback again excelled himself.

  • “The old shellback has our skipper,” whispered Captain Folsom to the boys.

  • Skinner, you don't suppose Matt's like every other shellback of a skipper?