Cord

(noun.) a line made of twisted fibers or threads; 'the bundle was tied with a cord'.

(noun.) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton.

(noun.) a light insulated conductor for household use.

(noun.) a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet.

(verb.) bind or tie with a cord.

(verb.) stack in cords; 'cord firewood'.

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• This shutter was wound up by a spring operated by a pull cord. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This consisted of mechanical means for throwing the shuttle across the web by a sudden jerk of a bar--one at each side--operated by pulling a cord. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• After a while I wanted a drink of water and found the bell on a cord by the bed and rang it but nobody came. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Then a machine was needed and invented to wind the corn-brush with the cord or wire and tie it in a round bunch, preparatory to flattening and sewing it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• An ordinary optic nerve is about the thickness of a thread, but his is like a cord. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• By another ingenious device the cord was tied and cut, when the sewing was completed. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I think Mademoiselle Lucy will now confess that the cord and gallows are amply earned; she trembles in anticipation of her doom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• If nothing else could be done I would load a cord of wood on a wagon and take it to the city for sale. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Inventors accordingly concentrated their attention on the use of twine or cord. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This machine had eight or ten spindles driven by cords or belts from the same wheel, and operated by hand or foot. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The sounds produced by the vocal cords are transformed into speech by the help of the tongue and lips, which modify the shape of the mouth cavity. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The cords of the tents were of the same colour. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The birds use their vocal cords to beautiful advantage in singing, far surpassing us in many ways, but the power of speech is lacking. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In very early times men must have used some kinds of cords or lines for fishing, for tying animals, at times for tying men. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Ropes, cords, coarse bands of leather were the common provisions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A piano gives out sound whenever a player strikes the keys and sets in motion the various wires within the piano; speech and song are caused by the motion of chest, vocal cords, and lips. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• No cords or chains can keep him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Tribes of savages still have in use cords made of various materials and some of them very well made. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In ordinary breathing, the cords are loose and are separated by a wide opening through which air enters and leaves the lungs. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots beneath the silver moonlight. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I must go this morning: I must go directly; my trunk is packed and corded. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Aunt Chloe shut and corded the box, and, getting up, looked gruffly on the trader, her tears seeming suddenly turned to sparks of fire. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The box was corded, the card nailed on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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