corker

英 [ˈkɔːkə(r)]

美 [ˈkɔːrkər]

n.  杰出(或非凡)的人; 绝色佳丽; 趣味无穷的事

复数：corkers　

BNC.37012 / COCA.41619

牛津词典

noun

• 杰出（或非凡）的人；绝色佳丽；趣味无穷的事
  a person or thing that is extremely good, beautiful or amusing

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 杰出的人;出类拔萃的事物
  If you say that someone or something is acorker, you mean that they are very good.
  1. Howard Wilkinson has come up with an absolute corker of an idea.
     霍华德·威尔金森想出了一个绝佳的主意。

英英释义

noun

• a machine that is used to put corks in bottles
• (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person
  1. that story was a corker

双语例句

• Another about a young nun coming of age is shaping up to be a corker.
  另一种是关于一个年轻的尼姑的未来是一个杰出的人的故事。
• The city's former mayor, Bob Corker, faced a similar problem in his Senate race last November.
  该市前任市长BobCorker在去年11月角逐参议院席位时也遇到了同样的问题。
• Speaking on the CBS program Face The Nation, Corker rejected any suggestion that Republicans are being obstructionist.
  考克在哥伦比亚广播公司的“面向全国”的电视节目上驳斥了所谓共和党人在蓄意阻挠的说法。
• Howard Wilkinson has come up with an absolute corker of an idea.
  霍华德·威尔金森想出了一个绝佳的主意。
• Bob Corker, a Republican senator on the banking committee, said he had decided that Mr Dodd "did probably the right thing" in cutting short negotiations with Republicans and moving to a bill.
  银行委员会委员、共和党议员鲍勃科克（bobcorker）表示，据他判断，多德中止与共和党人的谈判、转而重新设计法案“可能是正确选择”。
• Corker dares to point out what everybody knows but nobody will say.
  考克大胆挑明了每个人都知道但没人愿意说出来的东西。
• That show was a corker!
  那场演出十分动人！
• A New Idea of Design: Architecture and City Danton Corker Marshall
  设计新视点：建筑与城市
• Chinalco, after all, still has a corker of a deal.
  毕竟，中铝手上仍有一宗十分有利可图的大交易。
• His Republican opponent, Bob corker, denounced the ad.
  他的竞争对手共和党的鲍勃？考克公开谴责它。