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plural noun: cockles
The recipe calls for fresh cockles.
这道食谱需要新鲜的鸟蛤。
鸟蛤
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鸟蛤
An edible bivalve mollusk with a heart-shaped shell, found especially on European coasts.
The recipe calls for fresh cockles.
这道食谱需要新鲜的鸟蛤。
多种可食用的欧洲双壳软体动物,属鸟蛤科,壳呈心形。
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
多种田间杂草,如常见麦仙翁(Agrostemma githago)和毒麦(Lolium temulentum)。
Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
这种软体动物的壳。
The shell of such a mollusk.
皱纹,褶皱。
A wrinkle, pucker
We collected cockles from the beach during our vacation.
我们在度假时从海滩上收集了鸟蛤。
The fisherman sold fresh cockles at the market.
渔夫在市场上卖新鲜的鸟蛤。
She prepared a delicious dish using cockles and garlic.
她用鸟蛤和大蒜做了一道美味的菜。
The recipe calls for fresh cockles.
这道食谱需要新鲜的鸟蛤。
He found a cockle on the beach.
他在海滩上找到了一只鸟蛤。
鸟蛤壳常被用作装饰材料。
She collected cockle shells for her art project.
她收集鸟蛤壳用于艺术项目。
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温暖某人的心；使某人由衷感动
Her kind words really warmed the cockles of my heart.
她亲切的话语真的温暖了我的心。
鸟蛤壳
We collected cockle shells along the shore.
我们在海边收集了鸟蛤壳。
麦仙翁（田间杂草）
Corn cockle used to be a common weed in wheat fields.
麦仙翁曾经是麦田中常见的杂草。
捡鸟蛤的人；采鸟蛤者
Cockle pickers head to the mudflats when the tide is low.
退潮时，捡鸟蛤的人会前往泥滩。
使某人心底里感到温暖、由衷高兴
Seeing the children play together really warms the cockles of my heart.
看到孩子们一起玩耍，真的让我打心底里感到温暖。
鸟蛤和贻贝，活的，活的，哦！
The Irish ballad 'Molly Malone' is famous for its refrain 'Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!'
爱尔兰民谣《莫莉·马龙》以其副歌“鸟蛤和贻贝，活的，活的，哦！”而闻名。
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记住：cockle 的鸟蛤壳形似心脏，因此短语 warm the cockles of one's heart 意为“温暖心窝”，一联想就记住了。
语域：mixed 常见场景：海鲜市场或餐单、农业/植物学资料、习语“cockles of one's heart” cockle 指可食用的鸟蛤时属于中性词，通常用于海鲜、烹饪和餐饮语境；指田间杂草（如麦仙翁、毒麦）时多出现在农业或植物学描述中；而 the cockles of one's heart 是比较固定的习语，多用于书面或略带文学色彩的表达。
通常指一种可食用的双壳贝类，复数形式为 cockles。
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