cork
cork 英 [kɔ:k] 美 [kɔrk]
n. 软木；瓶塞；软木塞 vt. 软木塞住(瓶)
进行时:corking 过去式:corked 过去分词:corked 第三人称单数:corks 名词复数:corks
- Cork is a lightweight material made from the bark of a particular kind of oak tree. Cork is used in all sorts of ways, from flooring to fishing rod handles to bulletin boards.
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- n. 软木；瓶塞；软木塞
- vt. 软木塞住(瓶)
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1. a cork mat
软木垫
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2. He drew the cork out of the bottle.
他把瓶塞拔了出来。
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3. He was pulling the cork from a bottle of wine.
他在拔一瓶葡萄酒的瓶塞。
- Cork place in Ireland, Englished from Irish Corcaigh, from corcach "marsh."
- cork (n.) c. 1300, "the light, elastic outer bark of a species of oak tree native to Iberia and North Africa, used for many purposes," from Spanish alcorque "cork sole," probably from earlier Spanish corcho, from Latin quercus "oak" (see Quercus) or cortex (genitive corticis) "bark" (see corium).
- cork (v.) 1570s, "to put a cork sole on a shoe," from cork (n.)). Meaning "to stop with a cork" is from 1640s. Figurative sense "to stop or check" is from 1640s. Meaning "blacken with burnt cork," especially the face, to perform in theatrical blackface, is from 1836. Related: Corked; corking.
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