Shuck Off

释义 Definition

shuck off：甩掉；摆脱（不想要的负担、责任、习惯或束缚等）。常带有“像剥壳/脱壳一样把外层去掉”的形象意味。（另有更字面意义：剥去外壳，但作短语动词时多指“摆脱”。）

发音 Pronunciation (IPA)

/ʃʌk ɔf/

例句 Examples

He tried to shuck off his nervousness before the interview.
他在面试前努力甩掉紧张情绪。

Over the years, she managed to shuck off the expectations that had been weighing on her and choose her own path.
多年以后，她终于摆脱了那些一直压在她身上的期待，选择了自己的路。

词源 Etymology

shuck 原指“（玉米）外皮、壳”，动词义为“剥壳、去皮”。shuck off 由“把壳剥掉”引申为“把不需要的东西从身上/生活中甩开、摆脱”，语感上强调一种“脱去外层束缚”的动作。

相关词 Related Words

• Cast
• Discard
• Ditch
• Drop
• Escape
• Shed
• Shake
• Shrug
• Slip
• Throw

文学作品 Literary Works

• Walden — Henry David Thoreau
• Self-Reliance（随笔）— Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The Call of the Wild — Jack London