cork
英 [kɔːk]
美 [kɔrk]
- n. 软木橡树皮；瓶塞；软木塞
- vt. 用瓶塞塞住
助记提示
1. cognate with and influenced from both Latin quercus "oak" (see Quercus) and cortex (genitive corticis) "bark" (see corium).
2. cortex, corium, quercus => cork.
3. corkscrew => cork.
中文词源
cork 瓶塞来自PIE*sker, 砍，切，词源同shear, carnal. 即切下来的树皮所做。
英文词源
- 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.
=> cortex - 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We heard the pop of a cork.
- 我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Cork is a very buoyant material.
- 软木是极易浮起的材料.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. That fellow bobs up like a cork.
- 那个人经过患难,东山再起.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句