| 单词 |
shelliness |
| 释义 |
shelliness rare.|ˈʃɛlɪnɪs| [f. shelly a. + -ness.] a. The condition of being covered with shells. b. Tendency to retire ‘into one's shell’.
1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. xvii, All I have to suggest for myself is simply a certain shyness... I daresay, likewise, that the natural shelliness of the English had something to do with it. 1876Macm. Mag. XXXIV. 336 There are limpid pools..where you may wash your feet free from shelliness. |

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