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单词 cockles
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cockle1 /kokˈl/

noun
  1. A large bivalve mollusc (Cardium edule or other species) with thick, ribbed, heart-shaped, equal-valved shell
  2. Its shell
  3. A bivalve shell generally
ORIGIN: Fr coquille, from Gr konchylion, from konchē a cockle

cockˈled adjective

Shelled like a cockle

cockˈling noun

The act of gathering cockles

cockle hat noun

A hat bearing a scallop shell, the badge of a pilgrim

cockleˈman noun

A cockle-fisherman

cockˈleshell noun

  1. The shell of a cockle
  2. A frail boat

cockles of the heart

One's inmost heart

cockle2 /kokˈl/

noun

A cornfield weed, esp now the corncockle

ORIGIN: OE coccel

cockˈlebur noun

  1. A composite weed of the genus Xanthium
  2. A spiny bur of this plant (also called clotebur)

cockle3 /kokˈl/

noun

A pucker

intransitive verb

To pucker

transitive verb

To cause to pucker

ORIGIN: Perh Fr coquiller to blister, from coquille; see cockle1

cockle4 /kokˈl/

noun

A furnace or stove

ORIGIN: Perh Du kachel

cockle5 /kokˈl/

noun

A young man (also cockˈerel)

ORIGIN: See cock1

cockˈle-brained adjective

Foolish

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