oakum [ˈoʊkəm]

例句:

• Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar.
  造船工匠用麻丝和沥青填塞木船缝隙,使之不渗水.
  
• Nautical To make a boat watertight by packing seams a waterproof material, as oakum or pitch.
  使用防水材料, 如麻絮或沥青堵漏缝以使(船)不漏水.
  
• To make ( a boat ) watertight packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch.
  堵缝使用防水''.'材料'.'', 如麻絮或沥青''.'堵漏'. ''缝以使 ( 船 ) 不漏水.
  
• The material, known as oakum, is then made waterproof using pitch.
  来自THETIMES
• My eyesight began to fail, from the strain of picking oakum in my cell.
  来自P. Ackroyd
• Oakum was reclaimed by prisoners from old ship ropes, which were coated with tar to prevent them rotting.
  来自THETIMES