cork

• n. コルク樫の皮; 栓; コルク
• 栓をする

PIE*skerの「刻む」「切る」が語源。

cork

cork: [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork. The initial al-, of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin (al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems likely that it represents Arabic al-qūrq, which some have suggested came from Latin cortex ‘bark’, source of English cortex [17]. The use of cork for a bottle-stopper made from cork dates from the early 16th century.
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cork (n.)

c. 1300, from Spanish alcorque "cork sole," probably via Arabic and ultimately from Latin quercus "oak" (see Quercus) or cortex (genitive corticis) "bark" (see corium).

Cork

place in Ireland, anglicized from Irish Corcaigh, from corcach "marsh."

cork (v.)

1570s, "to put a cork sole on a shoe," from cork (n.)). Meaning "to stop with a cork" is from 1640s. Related: Corked; corking.

1. The seas grew turbulent，tossing the small boat like a cork .

波が荒れ狂い、ボートを漂うコルク栓のように投げて振った。

2.We heard the pop of a cork .

栓がポンと開くのが聞こえた。

3. Cork is a very buoyant material.

コルクは非常に浮きやすい材料である。

4.That fellow bobs up like a cork .

その人は苦難を経て、再起した。

5.I escaped the heatwave in London earlier this summer and flew to Cork .

今年の初夏、私はロンドンの暑さから逃れ、コークへ避暑に向かった。