husk

• n. 皮；殻；価値のないもの
• vt.皮をむく；かすれた声で話す
• vi.かすれ声になる

PIE*skeuの「隠す、覆う」から。語源的にはhide、hoseと同じで、保護、殻、さやなどを意味する言葉の派生。

husk

husk: [14] Etymologically, a husk is probably a ‘little house’. It seems to have been adapted from Middle Dutch hūskijn, a diminutive form of hūs ‘house’ – the notion being, of course, that it ‘houses’ seeds or fruits. The derivative husky was coined in the 16th century; its use for ‘hoarse’ comes from the idea of having dry husks in the throat (the husky dog [19] is an entirely different word, probably an alteration of Eskimo).
=> house

husk (n.)

late 14c., huske "dry, outer skin of certain fruits and seeds," of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch huuskyn "little house, core of fruit, case," diminutive of huus "house," or from an equivalent formation in English (see house). As a verb, attested from 1560s. Related: Husked; husking.

1. The husk of this conut is particularly strong.

ココナッツの殻は明らかに頑丈だ。

2.Inside this husk there is a baffled man aged thirty.

この臭い袋の中で不思議な30歳の男が生きている。

3.I had winnoweed the husk away when he came in.

彼が入ってきたとき、私は糠をふるいにかけた。

4.Brown bread contains the husk of wheat.

黒パンにはグルテンが含まれている。

5.He 's a mere husk of his former self.

（病気などの理由で）彼は体の殻しか残っていない。