cockle / ˈkɒk əl /

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cockle3 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, especially C. edule, the common edible species of Europe.
  2. any of various allied or similar mollusks.
  3. cockleshell.
v. 无主动词 verb

cock·led, cock·ling.

  1. to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily.
  2. to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore.
v. 有主动词 verb

cock·led, cock·ling.

  1. to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple: The wind cockled the water.

cockle 近义词

n. 名词 noun

shell

cockle 的近义词 5
cockle 的反义词 1

更多cockle例句

  1. A collection of fossilized cockle shells, each with a natural hole in the top, perfect for stringing into a necklace “or some other intention,” was found fused into the floor of a cave overlooking Cartagena Harbor in Spain.
  2. We naturally wish to identify all the national dishes; so, "Is this cockle soup, Susanna?"
  3. They loved to bind his forehead with the cockle shells that decked their own tresses.
  4. But in Shakespeare's time Darnel, like Cockle (which see), was the general name for any hurtful weed.
  5. It was the wildest and coldest season of the year, and the vessels in which the attempt was to be made were mere cockle-shells.
  6. Twelve cockle-shells and a halfpenny china figure were ranged solemnly along the mantel-shelf.