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- mass noun long thin flexible string or rope made from several twisted strands（几股线编成的、细长柔软的）绳子; 绳索：
hang the picture from a rail on a length of cord.
用一段绳子将画挂在横杆上。
1.1
- count noun a length of such material, typically one used to fasten or move a specified object一段绳子; 一根带子：
a dressing-gown cord
睡衣的带子。
1.2
- count noun an anatomical structure resembling a length of cord (e.g. the spinal cord, the umbilical cord)（体内）索状（或带状）结构（如脊髓; 脐带）：
the baby was still attached to its mother by the cord.
婴儿仍通过脐带与母体相连。
1.3
- count noun an electric flex电线; 塞绳。
2
- mass noun ribbed fabric, especially corduroy有棱纹的布料（尤指灯芯绒）：
as modifier cord jackets灯芯绒夹克。
2.1
cords
corduroy trousers灯芯绒裤：he was dressed in faded black cords.
他穿着褪色的黑灯芯绒裤。
2.2
- a cord-like rib on fabric布料上的棱纹; 凸纹。
3
- a measure of cut wood (usually 128 cu.ft, 3.62 cubic metres)考得（木材的单位, 一般为128立方英尺, 即3.62立方米）。
with obj.［usu. as adj. corded］
- attach a cord to用绳连接; 用绳捆扎; 给…装上绳子：
a corded curtain track
装了曳绳的窗帘轨。
USAGE
See usage at CHORD2.
短语
cut the (umbilical) cord
- figurative cease to rely on someone or something protective or supportive and begin to act independently〈喻〉剪断脐带; 不再依靠某人（或某物）的保护（或支持）而开始独立行动。
派生词
cord-like
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Greek khordē 'gut, string of a musical instrument'.