cork

英 [kɔːk] 美 [kɔrk]

解释

※ 提供单词"cork"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

cork 瓶塞

来自PIE*sker, 砍，切，词源同shear, carnal. 即切下来的树皮所做。

cork: cork: [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork. The initial al-, of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin (al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems likely that it represents Arabic al-qūrq, which some have suggested came from Latin cortex ‘bark’, source of English cortex [17]. The use of cork for a bottle-stopper made from cork dates from the early 16th century.
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cork (n.): c. 1300, from Spanish alcorque "cork sole," probably via Arabic and ultimately from Latin quercus "oak" (see Quercus) or cortex (genitive corticis) "bark" (see corium).
Cork: place in Ireland, anglicized from Irish Corcaigh, from corcach "marsh."
cork (v.): 1570s, "to put a cork sole on a shoe," from cork (n.)). Meaning "to stop with a cork" is from 1640s. Related: Corked; corking.

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1. The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork.: 海浪变得汹涌澎湃，把小船像漂浮的软木塞一样抛来甩去。

5. I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork.: 今年初夏我逃离了伦敦的炎热，飞往科克去避暑。