cord

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kɔːd/    美 /kɔɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example). countable
    — The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
  2. Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity. uncountable
    — He looped some cord around his fingers.
  3. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance. countable,uncountable
  4. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long. countable,uncountable
    — Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.
  5. Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds, […]
  6. Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve. countable,uncountable
    — spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords
  7. Dated form of chord. alt-of,countable,dated,uncountable
  8. Misspelling of chord, a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing. alt-of,countable,misspelling,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To furnish with cords.
  2. To tie or fasten with cords.
  3. To flatten a book during binding.
  4. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

词形变化

cords plural cords present,singular,third-person cording participle,present corded participle,past corded past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”)). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.
词源 2
From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”)). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.
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