cork

Word family nouncorkagecorkercorkinesscorkboardcorkborercorkscrewcorktreecorkcorkwoodadjectivecorkedcorkingcorky

Related topics: Industry, Drink

ldoce_052_acork1 /kɔːk $ kɔːrk/ noun → caulk, calk

[uncountableU]TI the bark (=outer part) of a tree from southern Europe and North Africa, used to make things 栓皮，软木〔南欧和北非的一种橡树的树皮〕

a cork bulletin board

软木公告板

→5 See picture of corkscrew 瓶塞钻, cork 软木塞 →4 See picture of 见图 cork

2. [countableC]DFD a long round piece of cork or plastic which is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to keep liquid inside 木瓶塞，软木塞

Examples from the Corpus

cork• Hebron is a cork in the bottle.• In the living room, a cork or two popped, releasing a stinging whistle of pressure into the air.• Announcement of the awards set champagne corks popping.• In 1939, leather was scarce so Magli introduced cork, fabric, velvet, fiber and wood to his shoes.• He was twiddling a piece of cork and sucking on his empty pipe.• Once you take the cork out, hopefully other things will start to flow.• Out with the corks of the wine, assuming you haven't done so already, and empty it into a saucepan.• Open the wine, lucky you've got a vacuum cork.

单词	cork
释义	cork Word family nouncorkagecorkercorkinesscorkboardcorkborercorkscrewcorktreecorkcorkwoodadjectivecorkedcorkingcorky Related topics: Industry, Drink ldoce_052_acork1 /kɔːk $ kɔːrk/ noun → caulk, calk 1 [uncountableU]TI the bark (=outer part) of a tree from southern Europe and North Africa, used to make things 栓皮，软木〔南欧和北非的一种橡树的树皮〕 a cork bulletin board 软木公告板 →5 See picture of corkscrew 瓶塞钻, cork 软木塞 →4 See picture of 见图 cork 2. [countableC]DFD a long round piece of cork or plastic which is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to keep liquid inside 木瓶塞，软木塞 Examples from the Corpus cork• Hebron is a cork in the bottle.• In the living room, a cork or two popped, releasing a stinging whistle of pressure into the air.• Announcement of the awards set champagne corks popping.• In 1939, leather was scarce so Magli introduced cork, fabric, velvet, fiber and wood to his shoes.• He was twiddling a piece of cork and sucking on his empty pipe.• Once you take the cork out, hopefully other things will start to flow.• Out with the corks of the wine, assuming you haven't done so already, and empty it into a saucepan.• Open the wine, lucky you've got a vacuum cork. Related topics: Drink cork2 verb [transitiveT] DFDSHUT/CLOSEto close a bottle by blocking the hole at the top tightly with a long round piece of cork or plastic 〔用软木塞或塑料塞〕塞住，封住〔瓶子〕 OPP uncork Corkn n1. the largest county in the Irish Republic n2. the second largest city in the Irish Republic Origin cork1 (1200-1300) Probably from Arabic qurq, from Latin cortex; → CORTEX
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