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
同義詞:phellem
3. a port city in southern Ireland
4. the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
同義詞:bottle cork
5. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
同義詞:bob, bobber, bobfloat
動詞cork:
1. close a bottle with a cork
同義詞:cork up
2. stuff with cork
- 習慣用語
- bob up like a cork 失敗後重新蹶起
- like a cork 輕鬆愉快的; (沮喪後)迅速恢復過來的
- swim like a cork 水性好, 象軟木栓一樣沉不下去