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Corduroy is a thick, strong cotton cloth with thin raised lines running down it. Those little ridges make the cloth look striped if you look closely, and they make it feel warm and a bit rough in a pleasant way.
Corduroy燈芯絨 is是 a thick, strong cotton cloth一種厚實、堅韌的棉布， with thin raised lines running down it上面有一條條凸起的細線 Those little ridges make the cloth look striped if you look closely如果靠近看，這些小凸紋會讓布看起來有條紋， and they make it feel warm and a bit rough in a pleasant way而且摸起來溫暖、帶點舒服的粗糙感
People make trousers, jackets, and sometimes skirts from it. It is everyday clothing, not fancy dress, though fashion keeps bringing it back.
People人們 make trousers, jackets, and sometimes skirts from it用它做長褲、外套，有時候也做裙子 It is everyday clothing這是日常服裝， not fancy dress不是正式禮服， though fashion keeps bringing it back不過流行時尚一直讓它回潮
The origin of the name is not settled, and that is worth saying .
The origin of the name is not settled這個名字的來源沒有定論， and that is worth saying plainly這點值得老實說清楚
It probably comes from cord plus duroy, an old coarse cloth made in England.
It probably comes from它可能來自 cord plus duroycord加上duroy， an old coarse cloth made in England一種英國製造的粗布
A neat story you will still hear is that it comes from French words meaning the king's cord. Though actually, that phrase is not found in French, and French just calls this cloth côtelé.
A neat story you will still hear一個你還是常聽到的漂亮故事說， is that it comes from French words它來自法文的字， meaning the king's cord意思是「國王的繩子」 Though actually不過其實， that phrase is not found in French這個說法在法文裡根本找不到， and French just calls this cloth velours côtelé法文就只是把這種布叫velours côtelé
Another guess ties it to an old fabric name cordesoy, from words meaning silk cord. So the cloth-of-the-king tale is one of those tidy answers that is tidier than the truth.
Another guess另一個猜測， ties it to an old fabric name cordesoy把它連到一個古老的布料名字cordesoy， from words meaning silk cord意思是「絲繩」 So the cloth-of-the-king tale所以這個「國王的布」的故事， is one of those tidy answers就是那種漂亮的答案之一， that is tidier than the truth比事實更工整
組成Origin uncertain. Probably cord + duroy (a coarse English cloth of the 1600s). Probably not from French for the king's cord, which is not actually found in French. Possibly from cordesoy, from corde de soie (silk cord).
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
corduroynoun/ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/
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A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
- We turned to see a muscular young man lounging in the door which led into the sitting-room. He wore green corduroy trousers, a duffle coat and an old school tie.
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obsoleteslangCheap and poor-quality whiskey.
- Another description of what would be termed adulterated spirits, is by the vulgar termed "Corduroy," on account of the rough feeling which it imparts to the tongue and palate.
- To men of common gumption, / Hot strange, besides, must seem / At this time any scheme / To put a check upon potheen's consumption, / When all are calling for Irish Poor Laws! / Instead of framing more laws, / To pauperism if you'd give a pegger, / Don't check, but patronise their "Kill-the-Beggar!" / If Pat is apt to go in Irish Linen, / (Buttoning his coat, with nothing but his skin in) / Would any Christian man -- that's quite himself, / His wits not floor'd, or laid upon the shelf --, While blaming Pat for raggedness, poor boy, / Would deprive him of his "Corduroy!"
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A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
corduroyadj/ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/
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Of a road, path, etc., paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side.
- Swamps had to be crossed by means of corduroy causeways; made by cutting down trees and laying them horizontally on the quivering mass of boggy ground.
corduroyverb/ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/
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To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.
- The night was very dark and it rained heavily, the roads were so bad that the troops had to cut trees and corduroy the road a part of the way, to get through.
- But Sherman organized “pioneer battalions” of soldiers and freedmen […] to cut saplings and trees to corduroy the roads, build bridges, and construct causeways.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。