cork

名词 cork:

1. outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
2. (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
   同义词：phellem
3. a port city in southern Ireland
4. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
   同义词：bottle cork
5. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
   同义词：bob, bobber, bobfloat

动词 cork:

1. close a bottle with a cork
   同义词：cork up
2. stuff with cork

1. The cork came out of the bottle with a loud pop.
   瓶塞砰的一声拔出来了。
2. Hold the bottle and pull the cork out with the other hand.
   握住瓶子，用另一只手拔瓶塞。
3. She dived below the surface, then bobbed up like a cork again a few seconds later.
   她潜入水中，几秒钟後像软木塞一样又浮了上来。
4. Don't cork it all up: if you feel angry, show it.
   别什麽都闷在心里，你有气就发泄出来。
5. Do you have any tools to draw out the cork?
   你有工具把软木塞拔开吗？
6. Fill and cork these bottles please.
   把这些瓶子灌满并用瓶塞塞紧。

cork

n.（名词）
The lightweight, elastic outer bark of the cork oak, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats, and crafts.
软木：栓皮栎树的重量轻、有弹性的外皮，尤指用于瓶塞、绝缘、鱼漂和船艇的材料

Something made of cork, especially a bottle stopper.
软木塞：用软木做成的东西，尤指瓶塞
A bottle stopper made of other material, such as plastic.
瓶塞：用其他原料，象塑料做成的瓶塞
A small float used on a fishing line or net to buoy up the line or net or to indicate when a fish bites.
浮子：钓鱼线或鱼网上的小鱼漂，使线或网浮在水面上或用于显示鱼上钩
Botany A nonliving, water-resistant protective tissue that is formed on the outside of the cork cambium in the woody stems and roots of many seed plants.Also called In this sense, also called phellem
【植物学】 栓皮：一种无生命的、防水保护纤维，形成于许多种子植物的木质茎和根软木形成层的外部也作 在此意义上也可称作 phellem
v.tr.（及物动词）
corked,cork.ing,corks
To stop or seal with or as if with a cork.
塞住：用或象是用塞子塞住或封上
To restrain or check; hold back:
抑制：限制或遏制；阻止：
例句：
tried to cork my anger.
努力忍住我的怒火

To blacken with burnt cork.
用烧焦的软木涂黑

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Dutch kurk
源自 荷兰语 kurk
or Low German korck
或 低地德语 korck
both from Spanish alcorque [cork-soled shoe]
都源自 西班牙语 alcorque [软木跟鞋]
probably from Arabic dialectal al-qôrq
可能源自 阿拉伯方言 al-qôrq
from Latin quercus [oak] * see perk wu-
源自 拉丁语 quercus [栎树] *参见 perk wu-