cockle
cockle1noun- an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell
鸟蛤
- Genus Cardium, family Cardiidae
鸟蛤属,鸟蛤科
- (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- give one a comforting feeling of pleasure or contentment
使人内心愉快(或满足)
语源- Middle English: from Old French coquille 'shell', based on Greek konkhulion, from konkhē 'conch'
cockle2verb- [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- mid 16th cent.: from French coquiller 'blister (bread in cooking'), from coquille 'shell' (see cockle)
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- conceivable adj.可想到的,可相信的,可想像的,可能的
- conceivably adv.令人信服地
- conceive vt.& vi.怀孕,构思,想像,设想,持有
vi.怀孕,设想,考虑
- conceiver n.构想者
- concelebrant n.共祝圣餐者,共同主持弥撒的教士
- concelebrate v.共做弥撒
- concelebration n.共祝圣餐
- concent n.允许,答应
v.同意,答应
- concenter v.集中于一点,集合
- concentrate vt.& vi.专心于,注意,集中,聚集
vt.浓缩,(使)浓缩,[采矿]汰选,选矿,精选,富集
vi.凝缩,浓缩,提纯
n.浓缩物
adj.集中起来的,经过浓缩的
- concentrated adj.集中的,全神贯注的,浓缩的,汰选出来的
v.集中(concentrate的过去分词),聚集,集结,凝缩,浓缩,[矿]汰选
- concentration n.集中,专心,关注,浓度
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