[mass noun]the buoyant, light brown substance obtained from the outer layer of the bark of the cork oak (栓皮槠的)栓皮,软木 [as modifier]cork tiles. 软木砖。 ■[count noun]a bottle stopper, especially one made of cork 瓶塞(尤指软木塞) ■[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 ■(Botany)a protective layer of dead cells immediately below the bark of woody plants (植)木栓(层)
verb [with obj.](常作 be corked)
close or seal (a bottle) with a cork (用瓶塞)塞住,封口 ■[as adj. corked](of wine) spoilt by tannin from the cork (酒)被瓶塞的丹宁酸弄坏的;有瓶塞味的
draw with burnt cork 用软木炭涂 .
illicitly hollow out (a baseball bat) and fill it with cork to make it lighter (非法地将棒球棒挖空后)塞入软木(使之变轻)
派生 cork-like adjective 语源
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'