oakum

英 ['əʊkəm] 美 ['oʊkəm]

• n. 填絮

英英释义

Noun:

1. loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning.
   睡着的时候，他闻到甲板上柏油和填絮的味道，还闻到早晨陆地上风送来的非洲气息。

经典引文

• My eyesight began to fail, from the strain of picking oakum in my cell.

  出自： P. Ackroyd