定义
cork, a cork: 软木塞
Put a cork in it! (slang): 闭嘴！（俚语）
- "If the answer is "yes" to either of these questions, I strongly advise you to buy bottles that are sealed with genuine cork!"
- "It isn't just wine lovers who are left with an unpleasant taste in the mouth: environmentalists claim that the falling demand for cork is leading to large-scale deforestation."
- "But with cork's drop in popularity, Mediterranean cork forests, rich in wildlife, are being cut down to make way for less sustainable land uses, such as cattle farming."
- "Cork is a renewable resource: its trees are not killed when the cork is taken."
- "Put a cork in it! An opinion piece by Lord Alfred Windebottom"
- "But with cork's drop in popularity, Mediterranean cork forests, rich in wildlife, are being cut down to make way for less sustainable land uses, such as cattle farming."
- "Not the cork, your aftershave."
- "I will be sticking to my real corks, and I urge you to do the same!"
- "A recent study has shown that 2.2% of screw-cap bottles - metal stoppers which replace real corks - contain high sulphur levels, resulting in a smell of rotten eggs."
