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cockle
鸟蛤
An edible bivalve mollusk with a heart-shaped shell, found especially on European coasts.
- 1.
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
多种可食用的欧洲双壳软体动物,属鸟蛤科,壳呈心形。
- 2.
Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
多种田间杂草,如常见麦仙翁(Agrostemma githago)和毒麦(Lolium temulentum)。
- 3.
The shell of such a mollusk.
这种软体动物的壳。
- 4.
A wrinkle, pucker
皱纹,褶皱。
- 5.
A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
羊皮上的瑕疵；活羊被羊蜱蝇叮咬后形成的坚硬暗色小结节。
- 6.
Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.
人的内心情感,主要用于短语‘cockles of someone's heart’中。
鸟蛤壳；麦仙翁；毒麦；皱褶；褶皱；内心深处；心窝；羊皮硬结
In use
We collected cockles from the beach during our vacation.
The fisherman sold fresh cockles at the market.
She prepared a delicious dish using cockles and garlic.
plural noun: cockles
The recipe calls for fresh cockles.
这道食谱需要新鲜的鸟蛤。
determiner + singular: a cockle
He found a cockle on the beach.
他在海滩上找到了一只鸟蛤。
noun + noun: cockle shell
鸟蛤壳常被用作装饰材料。
She collected cockle shells for her art project.
Connections
Collocations
- warm the cockles of one's heart
- 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。
- cockle shells
- 鸟蛤壳
- We collected cockle shells along the shore.我们在海边收集了鸟蛤壳。
- corn cockle
- 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。
- cockle picker
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- warm the cockles of someone's heart
- 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.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
通常指一种可食用的双壳贝类，复数形式为 cockles。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有与 cockle /ˈkɒkl/ 押韵的常用单词。注意以下常见词拼写都以 -ckle 结尾，但元音不同：tackle /ˈtækl/、buckle /ˈbʌkl/、trickle /ˈtrɪkl/、chuckle /ˈtʃʌkl/、knuckle /ˈnʌkl/、freckle /ˈfrɛkl/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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