英语词汇“oakum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	oakum
释义	Trends of oakum View usage for: oakum in British English (ˈəʊkəm) noun loose fibre obtained by unravelling old rope, used esp for caulking seams in wooden ships Word origin Old English ācuma, variant of ācumba, literally: off-combings, from ā- off + -cumba, from cemban to comb oakum in American English (ˈoʊkəm) noun loose, stringy hemp fiber gotten by taking apart old ropes and treated as with tar, used as a caulking material Word origin ME okom < OE acumba, tow, oakum < a-, away, out + camb, comb1: lit., what is combed out Examples of 'oakum' in a sentence oakum The bosun's locker was full of oakum, rope, paint and varnish. Malcolm, John GOTHIC PURSUIT (1993) Beneath a lantern on the forecastle deck I saw a few wretched sailors hunched in apelike postures pounding oakum between the decking planks. Wilson, Bob STONE THE CROWS, IT'S A VACUUM-CLEANER (1993)
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