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oakum的英文翻譯是什麼意思，詞典釋義與在線翻譯：
英英釋義
Noun:
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loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
oakum的用法和樣例：
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
- He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning.
睡著的時候，他聞到甲板上柏油和填絮的味道，還聞到早晨陸地上風送來的非洲氣息。
經典引文
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My eyesight began to fail, from the strain of picking oakum in my cell.
出自： P. Ackroyd
