hulk
noun /hʌlk/
/hʌlk/
- the main part of an old vehicle or large structure that is no longer used
（车、船等的）残骸 - the rusting hulks of cars
生锈的笨重汽车 - the hulk of a wrecked ship
遇难轮船的残骸
- the rusting hulks of cars
- (in the past
旧时 绿巨人： 一艘旧船留在一个地方用作监狱- prison hulks
监狱巨人
- prison hulks
- a large heavy person
高大的人；（尤指）高大粗笨的人 - a great hulk of a man
粗笨的大汉
- a great hulk of a man
- a very large object, especially one that causes you to feel nervous or afraid
（尤指令人紧张或害怕的）庞然大物
词源Old English hulc ‘fast ship’, probably reinforced in Middle English by Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hulk; probably of Mediterranean origin and related to Greek holkas ‘cargo ship’.