cone

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cone1 /kəʊn $ koʊn/ noun [countableC]

1. HMa solid or hollow shape that is round at one end, has sloping sides, and has a point at the other end, or something with this shape 圆锥体 →5 See picture of traffic cone 交通锥, bollard 护柱 →5 see picture at 见图 shape1

2. TTRan object shaped like a large cone that is put on a road to prevent cars from going somewhere or to warn drivers about something 〔公路上阻止车辆通行或向司机发出警示的〕圆锥形路标

3. HBPDNthe fruit of a pine or fir tree 〔松树或冷杉的〕球果 → conifer →5 see picture at 见图 tree

DFa piece of thin cooked cake, shaped like a cone, that you put ice cream in, or a cone like this with ice cream in it 〔用来盛冰激凌的〕圆锥形蛋卷筒；蛋筒冰激凌

5. technical a cell in your eye that is shaped like a cone, that helps you see light and colour 视锥（细胞） → rod

Examples from the Corpus

cone• The family of light cones at all the points may be regarded as part of the Minkowskian geometry of space-time.• Remember how they used to give you roasted chestnuts in a little cone of newspaper?• Its massive cone rose five thousand feet above the Bahdu plain and a chain of foothills stretched south-west parallel with the Awash.• Botany yarns and cotton yarns are dry spun and waxed on cone.• Spray wax is easy to use, just spray the ball or cone lightly.• He pulled up, climbed out, and removed the plastic cone that had kept the space free.• Lower down and a little to the left rose the slimmer, more pointed cone of a second, subsidiary volcano.• These spatter cones contain little, if any, fine-grained ashy material and are amongst the most characteristic products of Hawaiian eruptions.• He walked further into the hall, shifting the cone of yellow light.• a volcanic cone

cone2 verb

1.cone something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE to put a row of orange cones around an area to prevent people or cars from going there, for example during building work 用圆锥形路标封闭〔某一区域，如在建筑施工期间〕

Origin cone

(1400-1500) French Latin conus, from Greek konos

cone1 nouncone2 verb

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