cockle

英 ['kɒkl] 美 ['kɑːkl]

• n. [动]鸟蛤；海扇；麦仙翁；褶皱；轻舟
• v. 起皱

英英释义

Noun:

1. common edible European bivalve

2. common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs

Verb:

1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples

2. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds;

   "She puckered her lips"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The taste of cockle is very good.
   海扇的味道非常好。
2. The small shallow boat is called a cockle.
   那种浅底小船叫小舟。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The silk will cockle.
   这绸子会起皱。
2. Cockle the paper to make a flower.
   把纸弄得起绉做花。

经典引文

• The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition.

  出自：Coriolanus , Shakespeare

词汇搭配

• cockle separator 麦郎选除器
• cockle cylinder 麦郎选除筒
• corn cockle [医] 麦仙翁
• cockle stair 螺旋梯
• cockle stairs 螺旋梯

近反义词

【近义词】

• undulate 波动的
• ripple 涟漪
• crumple （使)起皱
• rumple 皱纹
• knit 编织
• riffle 急流
• ruffle 褶饰
• pucker 使折叠