单词oakum
n.: 麻刀
网络: 麻絮；填絮；麻絮丝
麻刀，麻絮（旧时由囚犯制造）:
a material obtained by pulling old rope to pieces, a job done in the past by prisoners
【航海】填絮,麻絮
麻屑
敛缝油麻絮
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.
睡着的时候，他闻到甲板上柏油和填絮的味道，还闻到早晨陆地上风送来的非洲气息。
Oakum is fibres unpick out from the old rope. Then it"s used again on ships of Her Majesty"s navy. You"re serving your country.
麻絮是从旧绳子里面挑出来的纤维。能再次用在女王陛下的船上。你是在为国效力。
"So you"ll begin to pick oakum to-morrow morning at six o"clock, " added the surly one in the white waistcoat.
“那你明天早晨六点钟就开始拆旧麻绳。”白背心绅士绷着脸补充了一句。
To make(a boat)watertight by 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
oakum " s the fibers you unpick from the old rope
麻絮是从旧绳子里面挑出来的纤维