cork
英 [kɔːk]
美 [kɔrk]
- n. 軟木橡樹皮；瓶塞；軟木塞
- vt. 用瓶塞塞住
助記提示
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.
中文詞源
cork 瓶塞來自PIE*sker, 砍，切，詞源同shear, carnal. 即切下來的樹皮所做。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork.
- 海浪變得洶湧澎湃，把小船像漂浮的軟木塞一樣拋來甩去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We heard the pop of a cork.
- 我們聽見瓶塞砰的一聲打開.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Cork is a very buoyant material.
- 軟木是極易浮起的材料.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. That fellow bobs up like a cork.
- 那個人經過患難,東山再起.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork.
- 今年初夏我逃離了倫敦的炎熱，飛往科克去避暑。
來自柯林斯例句