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单词 cord
释义 cord
I. \ˈkȯ(ə)rd, -ȯ(ə)d\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda catgut, chord, cord, from Greek chordē — more at yarn
1.
 a. : a long slender flexible roughly cylindrical construction usually of several threads or yarns twisted or woven together and used for tying, binding, or connecting : a small rope : string
 b. : the hangman's rope
  < O, the charity of a penny cord — Shakespeare >
 c.
  (1) : any of various strings for communicating motion in a pattern-weaving or a Jacquard loom
  (2) : a space on a design paper representing a warp thread
 d. : a heavy string used as a material (as in braid or cordonnet)
 e. : any of the heavy strings or small hemp ropes usually four to six in number which extend across the backbone of a book, which are usually attached to the board of the cover and to which the sections are handsewn — called also band
 f. : a heavy thread or firm yarn made by tightly twisting together two or more threads or plied yarns and used often in the manufacture of heavy-duty fabrics
 g. : one of the round plies forming a multistrand thread
  < sewing thread is usually 3-cord or 6-cord >
2. : a moral, spiritual, or emotional bond or influence by which one is held, drawn, or sustained as if by a cord
 < the interwoven cords of affection and confidence that wind between her and her husband — Roger Angell >
3.
 a. : an anatomical structure resembling a cord; especially : tendon, nerve — see spermatic cord, spinal cord, umbilical cord, vocal cords
 b. : a small flexible insulated electrical cable usually consisting of a pair of insulated stranded wires twisted together and having a plug at one or both ends used to connect a lamp, electric iron, toaster, or other appliance with a receptacle
 c. : stria 3
4.
 a. : any of various units of quantity for wood cut for fuel or pulp; especially : a unit equal to a stack 4×4×8 foot or 128 cubic feet
 b. : a unit for rough building stone equal to 128 cubic feet
5.
 a. : a rib like a cord on a textile
 b.
  (1) : a fabric made with such ribs or a garment made of such a fabric — compare corduroy, whipcord
  (2) cords plural : trousers made of such fabric
 c. : cord tire
 d. : a composition and fabric material used in the outsole of a work shoe or sport shoe
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English corden, from cord, n.
1. : to tie, bind, fasten, or connect with a cord
 < package already … corded lengthwise — R.V.Morse >
2. : to pile up (as wood) in cords; also : to pile deeply
 < rooms corded nine feet deep with gold and emeralds — Bernard De Voto >
3. : to ornament or finish with cord
4. : to connect the treadles of (a hand loom) by cords with the leaves of the heddles so as to produce the pattern
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