cord

Word family

1 [countableC, uncountableU]DT a piece of thick string or thin rope 粗线；细绳；索，带

The robe was held at the waist by a cord.

在袍子腰处束了根细绳。

He pulled explosives and some tangled cord from his bag.

他从他的包里掏出炸药和一些乱糟糟的绳子。

2. cords [plural]DCC trousers made from a thick strong cotton cloth with thin raised lines on it 灯芯绒裤子

3 [countableC, uncountableU]TEE an electrical wire or wires with a protective covering, usually for connecting electrical equipment to the supply of electricity 电线

the phone cord

电话线

an extension cord

分机线

4 [countableC] American EnglishAmETM a specific quantity of wood cut for burning in a fire 考得〔木柴单位〕

We use three cords of wood in a winter.

我们一个冬天要用三考得的木柴。

Examples from the Corpus

cord• She attached a cord and started wearing them around her neck.• See you know I set up the printer, the computer, even get a cord to connect them.• Flooring should be non-committal: plain, functional cord fitted carpet, or rubber stud flooring.• She says that he was hanging by his dressing gown cord from a banister.• The phone cord is all tangled.• Her glasses hung around her neck on a silky cord.• They receive messages from virtually every nerve in the human body via connections with the optic nerve and spinal cord.• Invasion of the spinal cord causes paralysis of the arms and legs or of the trunk.• Three cords of wood should last us all winter.• She pulled the white cord so tight it cut red weals into the white flesh.

cord2 adjectiveadj

cord clothes are made from corduroy 灯芯绒的

green cord trousers

绿色的灯芯绒长裤

Origin cord

(1200-1300) Old French corde, from Latin chorda “string”, from Greek chorde

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