Cord

[kɔːd] or [kɔrd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a line made of twisted fibers or threads; 'the bundle was tied with a cord'.

(noun.) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton.

(noun.) a light insulated conductor for household use.

(noun.) a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet.

(verb.) bind or tie with a cord.

(verb.) stack in cords; 'cord firewood'.

編輯:塞格雷--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

(n.) A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.

(n.) Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.

(n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

(n.) See Chord.

(v. t.) To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

(v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

(imp. & p. p.) of Core

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. String, line, small rope.

整理:洛厄尔

解釋/意思:

n. a small rope or thick kind of string: something resembling a cord as 'spinal cord ' 'umbilical cord ' &c.: (fig.) anything that binds or restrains: a measure of firewood originally determined by the use of a cord or string.—v.t. to supply with a cord: to bind with a cord.—n. Cord′age a quantity of cords or ropes as the rigging of a ship &c.—adj. Cord′ed fastened with cords: furrowed as with cords: (her.) wound about with cords: piled in 'cords.'—ns. Cord′-grass a genus of grasses of which one species found in muddy salt-marshes is used for making ropes; Cord′ing the act of binding: cordage; Cord′ite an approved smokeless gunpowder so called from its cord-like appearance; Cord′-wood wood put up in 'cords.'

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