cob

UK:  [kɒb]

US:  [kɑb]

复数：cobs  

n.

1.人工破碎矿石

2.(面包等的)小圆块;(煤、石头、矿石等的)圆块,一小堆

3.(搀有干草的)抹墙泥

4.〔美国〕玉米的穗轴

5.雄天鹅

6.结实的短脚马

7.〔英口〕蜘蛛

8.大榛子,欧洲榛

9.〔英方〕要人

10.碎块

v.

1.打碎,捣碎

2.(用偏物)打(臀部)

3.捣烂

1 . I got to thinking about Thanksgiving, of the Pilgrims, Indians, wild turkeys, pumpkins, corn on the cob, and the rest.
我开始思索起感恩节这个节日来，想着清教徒前辈移民、印第安人、野火鸡、南瓜、玉米棒等等。

2 . He smoked a cob pipe and after his wife's death sat all day in his empty office close by a window that was covered with cobwebs.
他抽一种根雕的烟斗。妻子死后他就整天靠窗坐在空荡荡的办公室里，窗上布满了蜘蛛网。

3 . In contrast, the male tassels of maize are a foot or more away from the female cob and are easily blown by the wind to other plants.
相反，玉米的雄穗离它的雌须有一英尺或更远的距离，它的花粉更容易被风吹到其他植株上。

4 . He took a few steps away from her, but, returning, said, 'By the bye, Tess, your father has a new cob to-day. Somebody gave it to him. '
他往前走了几步，但是他又转过身来说，“顺便告诉你，苔丝，今天你父亲得了一匹新马。有个人送给他的。”

5 . Brush your teeth often because this is what the surface of a tooth with a form of "corn-on-the-cob" plaque looks like.
要经常刷牙往往是因为这是牙齿表面的形成一种的类似“玉米棒”状的齿菌斑。