單詞
oakum
英 ['??k?m]
美['ok?m]
基本信息
- n. 麻絮；填絮（用于填塞船縫等）
中文詞源
oakum 麻絮
來自古英語acumba,麻繩，梳理開的麻絮，a-,離開，分開，-cumba梳子，詞源同comb.
英文詞源
- oakum (n.)
- "loose fiber obtained from taking apart old hemp ropes," early 15c., from Old English acumba "tow, oakum, flax fibers separated by combing," literally "what is combed out," from Proto-Germanic *us-kambon (source of Old High German achambi); first element cognate with Old English a- "away, out, off;" second element from stem of cemban "to comb," from camb "a comb;" from PIE *gembh- "tooth, nail" (see comb (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar.
- 造船工匠用麻絲和瀝青填塞木船縫隙,使之不滲水.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Nautical To make a boat watertight by packing seams a waterproof material, as oakum or pitch.
- 使用防水材料, 如麻絮或瀝青堵漏縫以使(船)不漏水.
來自互聯網
- 3. To make ( a boat ) watertight packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch.
- 堵縫使用防水''.'材料'.'', 如麻絮或瀝青''.'堵漏'. ''縫以使 ( 船 ) 不漏水.
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