cockle
🇺🇸
/ˈkɑːkl/
🇬🇧
/ˈkɒkl/
A small shellfish with a wavy shell, eaten as food.
We enjoyed a plate of steamed cockles at the seaside restaurant.
我们在海边餐厅享用了一盘蒸蜗牛。
A tool for bending metal, used by blacksmiths.
The blacksmith used a cockle to shape the iron into a gate.
铁匠用一个火炉来塑造铁块成门。
To make something wrinkle or crinkle.
The fabric cockled after being hung out in the sun.
面料在阳光下晾干后起皱了。