Cork

(noun.) the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle).

(noun.) a port city in southern Ireland.

(noun.) outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc..

(verb.) stuff with cork; 'The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter'.

(verb.) close a bottle with a cork.

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• When the bottle is nearly full, the operator quickly withdraws it with one hand, and having a cork ready in the other, he puts it in before the water can rush out. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He broke off the cork and the end had to be shoved down into the bottle. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Attach a small toy bell to a glass rod (Fig. 166) by means of a rubber tube and pass the rod through one of two openings in a rubber cork. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In charging the apparatus, the interior, A, is nearly filled with water, or other liquid, through the opening, _f_, which is then closed by cork, which is kept in its place by a screw nut. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Of a sudden, he stopped, took the cork out of his bottle, and tossed it away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Well done, gentleman, interposed the poor Irish traveller, this bates the cork jacket anyhow in life! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The tip was guarded by a disk of cork which we found beside his body, said the Inspector. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Corks for bottles are cut either by hand or by means of a machine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And besides, there were no champagne corks among the shells. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I do not know how far corks or bladders may be useful in learning to swim, having never seen much trial of them. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I'm going to sleep where the old man corks off. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The corks should always be boiled in water containing 1 ounce to the gallon, which is also efficient in disinfecting tubes, taps, etc. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Religion (I understand Mr. Godfrey to say, between the corks and the carving) meant love. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• On a card table a little way beyond the light was a silver icing-bucket with the necks and corks of two champagne bottles showing above the ice. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• After filtering it is again boiled, and if any scum or impurities appear on the surface they are removed, when the juice is to be bottled, corked tightly, and should be left for one year. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Mr. Pickwick paused, bottled up his vengeance, and corked it down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• At No. 4 liquid air imprisoned in a tube and tightly corked up, blows the stopper out in a few minutes with explosive effect. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Keep the glue in a vial closely corked, and when it is to be used set the vial in boiling water. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The juices are put in bottles and are immediately corked and wired securely, and then submerged in a water bath to a depth of about 1 inch above the bottles. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• So nothing came of these trials, and Jo corked up her inkstand, and said in a fit of very wholesome humility. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The boiled water should be kept in clean, corked bottles; otherwise foreign substances from the atmosphere re?nter the water, and the advantage gained from boiling is lost. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The experiment was then made of charging the bottles with brine and generating carbon dioxide by adding lime dust and sulphuric acid and corking tightly. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

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