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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

cord [kɔːd]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] (string) 绳
  2. 2. noun [电子] 电线
  3. 3. cpd (corduroy) 灯心绒
  4. 4. n pl cords (trousers) 灯心绒裤子

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

cord [kɔːrd]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] 细绳细线
    His hands were behind his back, bound at the wrists by cord.
    他的手背在背后,手腕绳子在一起
    The bundle was tied with a cord.
    包裹绳子绑着。
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 科尔,科德
  3. 3. n.[c] 考得
    Firewood is usually sold as a fraction of a full cord.
    柴火通常作为考得的一部分出售
  4. 4. n.[c/u] 电线
    The cat was biting on the electrical cord to my laptop.
    这只猫正在咬我笔记本电脑电线
  5. 5. n.[u] 灯芯绒
    He was wearing faded olive-green cords, a check shirt and a dark brown jersey.
    穿着一件褪色的橄榄绿灯芯绒衣服,一件格子衬衫和一件深棕色运动衣。
  6. 6. noun [Plural] 灯芯绒衣物
  7. 7. vt. 考得单位堆积
  8. 8. vt. 用绳捆或绑

Collins English-English Dictionary

cord [kɔːd]
  1. 1. n [US and Canadian] a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains flex
  2. 2. n string or thin rope made of several twisted strands
  3. 3. n a length of woven or twisted strands of silk, etc, sewn on clothing or used as a belt
  4. 4. n a ribbed fabric, esp corduroy
  5. 5. n any influence that binds or restrains
  6. 6. n [anatomy] any part resembling a string or rope
    the spinal cord
  7. 7. n a unit of volume for measuring cut wood, equal to 128 cubic feet
  8. 8. vt. [tr] to bind or furnish with a cord or cords
  9. 9. vt. to stack (wood) in cords
  10. 10. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French corde, from Latin chorda cord, from Greek khorde; see chord1

Examples

umbilical cord
脐带
At the birth of son, Tom was there to cut his umbilical cord.
当儿子出生时,汤姆一直守候在产房,亲自为女儿剪断脐带。
A nurse wrapped the baby in a blanket and a doctor cut the umbilical cord.
护士用毯子把孩子包了起来,医生剪断了脐带。
The telephone cord was distorted and tangled.
电话线是扭曲缠绕的。
The cord carpet on the floor was covered in cigarette burns.
地板上细绳编织的地毯到处可见烟头烧过的痕迹。
Firewood is usually sold as a fraction of a full cord.
柴火通常被作为一考得的一部分出售。
Taking the length of cord, knot the top end around the centre of the arm loop
抓住这段绳子,用它的上端绕过手臂上环的中心打一个结。

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