cork: [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork. The initial al-, of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin (al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems likely that it represents Arabic al-qūrq, which some have suggested came from Latin cortex ‘bark’, source of English cortex [17]. The use of cork for a bottle-stopper made from cork dates from the early 16th century. => cortex
cork (n.)
c. 1300, from Spanish alcorque "cork sole," probably via Arabic and ultimately from Latin quercus "oak" (see Quercus) or cortex (genitive corticis) "bark" (see corium).
Cork
place in Ireland, anglicized from Irish Corcaigh, from corcach "marsh."
cork (v.)
1570s, "to put a cork sole on a shoe," from cork (n.)). Meaning "to stop with a cork" is from 1640s. Related: Corked; corking.
实用例句
1. The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork.
海浪变得汹涌澎湃，把小船像漂浮的软木塞一样抛来甩去。
来自柯林斯例句
2. We heard the pop of a cork.
我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Cork is a very buoyant material.
软木是极易浮起的材料.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. That fellow bobs up like a cork.
那个人经过患难,东山再起.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork.
