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1 guscio
m (pl -sci) shell* * *guscio s.m.1 shell; (di molluschi) test: guscio di lumaca, chiocciola, snail shell; guscio di tartaruga, turtle (o tortoise) shell; guscio d'uovo, eggshell; uscire dal guscio, to shell // restarsene, chiudersi nel proprio guscio, to go into (o to retire into) one's shell (anche fig.); uscire dal proprio guscio, to come out of one's shell (anche fig.)2 (di legumi, cereali ecc.) husk, hull, pod, shuck: guscio di noce, nutshell; togliere il guscio, to unhusk3 (involucro) covering, cover4 (minuscola imbarcazione) nutshell5 (arch.) cove6 (aer.) (struttura a guscio) monocoque; (fonderia) shell: semi- guscio, semi-monocoque; struttura metallica a guscio a rivestimento lavorante, stressed skin metal monocoque construction (o structure); formatura a guscio, shell moulding7 (fis.) (anello elettronico) shell: guscio elettronico, electronic shell.* * *1) (di uovo, lumaca, crostacei) shell; (di mollusco) shell, test2) (di noce, nocciola) shell; (di cereali) husk; (di legumi) pod•guscio di noce — nutshell; fig. (barchetta) cockleshell
••chiudersi nel proprio guscio — to withdraw o go back into one's shell
* * *gusciopl. - sci /'gu∫∫o, ∫i/sostantivo m.1 (di uovo, lumaca, crostacei) shell; (di mollusco) shell, testchiudersi nel proprio guscio to withdraw o go back into one's shell; uscire dal proprio guscio to come out of one's shell\
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