oakum

美 [?o?k?m] 　英 [???k?m]

• n.麻刀
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)麻絮；填絮；麻絮絲

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【航】填絮,麻絮

英英解釋

n.	1. small pieces of old rope used in the past for filling holes in the sides of ships

例句

He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning.

睡著的時候，他聞到甲板上柏油和填絮的味道，還聞到早晨陸地上風(fēng)送來的非洲氣息。

Oakum is fibres unpick out from the old rope. Then it's used again on ships of Her Majesty's navy. You're serving your country.

麻絮是從舊繩子里面挑出來的纖維。能再次用在女王陛下的船上。你是在為國效力。

'So you'll begin to pick oakum to-morrow morning at six o'clock, ' added the surly one in the white waistcoat.

“那你明天早晨六點(diǎn)鐘就開始拆舊麻繩。”白背心紳士繃著臉補(bǔ)充了一句。

To make(a boat)watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum OR pitch.

堵縫使用防水材料，如麻絮或瀝青堵漏縫以使（船）不漏水

oakum ' s the fibers you unpick from the old rope

麻絮是從舊繩子里面挑出來的纖維