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Cord Wood Feet Kɔ:D N.考得(木材堆的体积单位,等于128立方英尺,3.6246立方米);绳索 无 N C.1300

单词 cord
音标 [kɔ:d]
解释 n.考得(木材堆的体积单位,等于128立方英尺,3.6246立方米);绳索
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字源 cord (n.)
c.1300, from Old French corde "rope, string, twist, cord," from Latin chorda "string of a musical instrument, cat-gut," from Greek khorde "string, catgut, chord, cord," from PIE root *ghere- "intestine" (see yarn). As a measure of wood (eight feet long, four feet high and wide) first recorded 1610s, so called because it was measured with a cord of rope.
不择手段背单词 n. 绳索; 考得(木材堆的体积单位 = 128立方英尺 = 3 62立方米)
【记】木料是圆形的, 过去都是用cord绳子绕一周来丈量.
【类】ream: paper = cord: wood 令计量纸 = 考得计量木材
趣味全助记 【记】近于chord 弦, 都是绳子;according to 根据,根,是一根绳子;record 记录,最初人们是用绳子来记录事情,叫结绳记事

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