Corkname/kɔɹk/

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  The principal city of County Cork, Ireland.

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  A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Cork).

corknoun詞源 1/kɔɹk/

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  biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

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  biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

  • I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own
  • Because cork is porous, it expands and contracts with changes in humidity.
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  A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

  • Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
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  An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.

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  The cork oak, Quercus suber.

corkverb詞源 1/kɔɹk/

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  To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

  • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
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  To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.

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  To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.

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  To fill with cork.

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  ball-gamesbaseballgamesTo fill with cork.

  • He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
  • Apparently I used to have some good power even though I was little, but the team we were playing against thought I had corked the bat. I kid you not! They paid $200 to have the bat popped off to prove they were right.
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  To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.

  • The vicious tackle corked his leg.
  • Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.
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  fishinghobbieslifestyleTo position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.

  • Kate remembered then, the family fish camp a mile or so up Amartuq Creek, the very creek across the mouth of which Yuri Andreev had tried to cork Joe Anahonak not half an hour before.
  • But its soon apparent that there are more boats than fish—at least for the moment. We all drift quietly, keeping an eye out for other boats and other nets. Corking another guy's net is a screaming—bastard offense.
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  To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.

  • […] corking the streets is a challenge to capitalist ideologies, like skateboarding in parking lots and walkways […]

corknoun詞源 2/kɔɹk/

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  hobbieslifestyleskateboardingAn aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

corkverb詞源 2/kɔɹk/

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  hobbieslifestyleskateboardingTo perform such a maneuver.

corkadj詞源 2/kɔɹk/

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  hobbieslifestyleskateboardingHaving the property of a head over heels rotation.