cockle

cockle1
noun
  1. an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell
    鸟蛤
  2. Genus Cardium, family Cardiidae
    鸟蛤属,鸟蛤科
  3. (亦作 cockleshell)(poetic/literary)a small shallow boat
    (诗/文)浅底小船,轻舟
常用词组
warm the cockles of one's heart
  1. give one a comforting feeling of pleasure or contentment
    使人内心愉快(或满足)
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French coquille 'shell', based on Greek konkhulion, from konkhē 'conch'

cockle2
verb
  1. [no obj.](of paper) bulge out in certain places so as to present a wrinkled or creased surface; pucker
    (纸)凸出起皱;皱起,折叠
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French coquiller 'blister (bread in cooking'), from coquille 'shell' (see cockle)
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