mass noun
1- the buoyant, light brown substance obtained from the outer layer of the bark of the cork oak（欧洲栓皮栎的）栓皮, 软木：
as modifier cork tiles软木砖。
1.1
- count noun a bottle stopper, especially one made of cork瓶塞（尤指软木塞）。
1.2
- count noun a piece of cork used as a float for a fishing line or net（钓线或渔网上的）软木浮子。
1.3
- Botany a protective layer of dead cells immediately below the bark of woody plants【植】木栓（层）。
with obj. (常作 be corked)
1
- close or seal (a bottle) with a cork（用瓶塞）塞住, 封口。
1.1
- as adj. corked(of wine) spoilt by tannin from the cork（酒）被瓶塞的丹宁酸破坏的; 有瓶塞味的。
2
- draw with burnt cork用软木炭涂。
3
- illicitly hollow out (a baseball bat) and fill it with cork to make it lighter违规挖空（棒球球棒）并填入软木（使之变轻）。
派生词
cork-like
adjective词源
Middle English: from Dutch and Low German kork, from Spanish alcorque 'cork-soled sandal', from Arabic al- 'the' and (probably) Spanish Arabic kurk, kork, based on Latin quercus 'oak, cork oak'.