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corker

/kawr-ker/US // ˈkɔr kər //UK // (ˈkɔːkə) //

栓子,栓塞,栓塞的人,栓塞者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that corks.
    • : Informal. something that closes a discussion or settles a question.
    • : Informal. someone or something that is astonishing or excellent.

Examples

  • “Burr and Corker and I will be working closely together on everything,” McCain said.

  • McCain said he, Corker, and Burr are also interested in pursuing more vigorous oversight of the Iran deal as well.

  • Menendez and Corker are trying to schedule a hearing on Iraq this month with Secretary of State John Kerry.

  • The interaction between Obama and Corker was a tense moment in the otherwise uneventful meeting.

  • Exasperated at one point, Corker asked, “Well do we need an AUMF or not?”

  • He's a corker, wi' a face like yin o' they pented cupids that the lasses send to the young men on picture postcards.

  • Brodrick went on in the soft, even voice that was a sign with him of profound excitement—the tale was a corker.

  • That was a corker for the old fashioned man: he said it wasn't fair—unwomanly and all the rest of it.

  • Nibletts then gave up the case as (what he might be excused for calling) a "fair corker."

  • They are commonly handed warm to the corker, who dips them into a small vessel of wine before making use of them.