| 单词 | cockle |
| 释义 | cockle cockle1 /kok"euhl/, n. , v. , cockled, cockling. n. 1. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe. 2. any of various allied or similar mollusks. 3. cockleshell (defs. 1, 2). 4. a wrinkle; pucker: a cockle in fabric. 5. a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto. 6. cockles of one's heart, the depths of one's emotions or feelings: The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart. v.i. 7. to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily. 8. to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore. v.t. 9. to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple: The wind cockled the water. [1350-1400; ME cokille < MF coqille < VL *cocchilia, L conchylia, pl. of CONCHYLIUM < Gk konchýlion, equiv. to konchýl(e) mussel + -ion dim. suffix; cf. OE -cocc, in sae-cocc lit., sea-cockle < VL *coccus for L concha CONCH] cockle2 /kok"euhl/, n. a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne. [bef. 1000; ME; OE coccel] |
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