cord
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cord1 /kɔːd $ kɔːrd/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable, uncountable]DT a piece of thick string or thin rope 粗线；细绳；索，带 The robe was held at the waist by a cord. 在袍子腰处束了根细绳。 He pulled explosives and some tangled cord from his bag. 他从他的包里掏出炸药和一些乱糟糟的绳子。 →5 see picture at 见图 bag12. cords [plural]DCC trousers made from a thick strong cotton cloth with thin raised lines on it 灯芯绒裤子3 [countable, uncountable]TEE an electrical wire or wires with a protective covering, usually for connecting electrical equipment to the supply of electricity 电线 the phone cord 电话线 an extension cord 分机线4 [countable] American EnglishTM a specific quantity of wood cut for burning in a fire 考得〔木柴单位〕 We use three cords of wood in a winter. 我们一个冬天要用三考得的木柴。 → cut the cord at cut1(40), → communication cord, spinal cord, umbilical cord, vocal cords
Examples from the Corpus
cord• She attached a cord and started wearing them around her neck.• See you know I set up the printer, the computer, even get a cord to connect them.• Flooring should be non-committal: plain, functional cord fitted carpet, or rubber stud flooring.• She says that he was hanging by his dressing gown cord from a banister.• The phone cord is all tangled.• Her glasses hung around her neck on a silky cord.• They receive messages from virtually every nerve in the human body via connections with the optic nerve and spinal cord.• Invasion of the spinal cord causes paralysis of the arms and legs or of the trunk.• Three cords of wood should last us all winter.• She pulled the white cord so tight it cut red weals into the white flesh.cord2 adjective cord clothes are made from corduroy 灯芯绒的 green cord trousers 绿色的灯芯绒长裤Origin cord (1200-1300) Old French corde, from Latin chorda “string”, from Greek chordecord1 nouncord2 adjectiveChinese
a rope of or piece Corpus thick thin string
cord
cord1 /kɔːd $ kɔːrd/ 
noun
The robe was held at the waist by a cord.
He pulled explosives and some tangled cord from his bag.
2. cords [plural] trousers made from a thick strong cotton cloth with thin raised lines on it
3. [uncountable and countable] an electrical wire or wires with a protective covering, usually for connecting electrical equipment to the supply of electricity:
the phone cord
an extension cord
4. [countable] American English a specific quantity of wood cut for burning in a fire:
We use three cords of wood in a winter.
⇨ cut the cord at cut1(40), ⇨ communication cord, spinal cord, umbilical cord, vocal cords
cord2 adjective
cord clothes are made from corduroy:
green cord trousers
| I |
noun Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: corde, from Latin chorda 'string', from Greek chorde
1. [uncountable and countable] a piece of thick string or thin rope:Language: Old French
Origin: corde, from Latin chorda 'string', from Greek chorde
2. cords [plural] trousers made from a thick strong cotton cloth with thin raised lines on it
3. [uncountable and countable] an electrical wire or wires with a protective covering, usually for connecting electrical equipment to the supply of electricity:
4. [countable] American English a specific quantity of wood cut for burning in a fire:
⇨ cut the cord at cut1(40), ⇨ communication cord, spinal cord, umbilical cord, vocal cords
| II |
adjectivecord clothes are made from corduroy:
especially
also