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单词 oakum
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oakum
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊ.kəm/us
/ˈoʊ.kəm/
thinfibrescoveredin astickysubstanceand used forfillinggaps. Oakum wastraditionallymade fromoldropesand used tofillthegapsbetween thelong,flatpiecesofwoodon a ship'sdeck(=floor):
涂了胶水用于填塞缝隙的的细纤维，填絮（传统意义上的填絮由旧缆绳制成，用于填塞甲板上长条木板之间的空隙）。
Wepackedthecrackswith oakum.我们用填絮把缝隙堵住。
Then shesawagroupofprisonerssittingin adarkcellarpickingoakum(=separatingthefibresfromoldropes).然后她看到一群囚犯坐在昏暗的地窖里在制作填絮。
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  • Oakum was used tosealtheseamsbetweenplanksofwoodon aboat.
  • Wefilledeveryseamandcrevicewith oakumsteepedintobaccojuice.
  • Prisonlabourincludedpickingoakum andsewingsacks.
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(Definition ofoakumfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoakum

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Sealskin coated with tar andoakumwas nailed over the likeliest spot, and the ship pushed back into the fjord.
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I think that is antiquated, and should be relegated to the past along with the picking ofoakum.
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The system of stoneyards andoakum-picking and corn mills was introduced.
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A pound or two ofoakumwas thrown to each of us to pick.
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Theoakumis picked in the cell, and the work is certainly monotonous and tedious.
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Does he think that they would be more use in prison pickingoakumthan digging the soil?
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It is better, of course, that they should be kept making bags and pickingoakum, and that sort of thing, than doing nothing at all.
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The matter ofoakumpicking is, of course, it is true, a quantity task.
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It costs £10 a ton to pickoakumin the casual wards, and then you have to give it away.
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That idea has been largely carried on under the system which has kept men sewing mailbags, pickingoakumand so on.
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I saw navvies, carpenters, and mechanics of all descriptions trying to do thisoakumpicking, and they utterly failed.
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By the way, nooakumis now used in any prison.
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There had, however, been a suspicion thatoakum-picking had been re-introduced into this prison.
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It seemed to me rather extraordinary that in the 1960s able fit young men, even if they have committed a military offence, should still be pickingoakum.
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Is there anything indecent inoakumpicking?
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