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corncob

/kawrn-kob/US // ˈkɔrnˌkɒb //UK // (ˈkɔːnˌkɒb) //

玉米棒子,玉米棒,棒子,玉米芯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the elongated woody core in which the grains of an ear of corn are embedded.
    • : Also called corncob pipe . a tobacco pipe with a bowl made from a corncob.

Examples

  • Her corncob pipe—it was as rank a thing as ditch digger ever poisoned the clean air with.

  • The Wizard and the Sawhorse also got aboard the corncob craft and together they returned to the Scarecrow's palace.

  • But he started back to the corncob house to tell Mrs. Cat that he couldn't find her Snowball.

  • But half an hour has passed, and Jehu is again on the box, the nags as fresh as daisies, and as full as a corncob.

  • The bowl of his corncob pipe had lost its spark of life and he sucked absently at the cold, bitterish stem.