oakum

noun

1. 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

1. Evaluation on permeability of closed waterproof layer of asphalt mixture in ballastless track Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar.
   无碴轨道沥青混合料防水封闭层渗透性评测造船工匠用麻丝和沥青填塞木船缝隙，使之不渗水。
2. He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell o Africa that the land breeze brought at morning.
   他睡着时闻到甲板上柏油和填絮的气味，还闻到早晨陆地上刮来的风带来的非洲气息。
3. '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。
4. To make ( a boat) watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch. A new technology on filling in and sealing against leak with expandable materials is introduced in this paper, which is applied in drilling in limestone area.
   堵缝使用防水材料，如麻絮或沥青堵漏缝以使（船）不漏水本文介绍了石灰岩地区钻探施工中，利用液体高膨胀材料充填、堵漏新工艺。
5. A hooked tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum.
   用于准备填絮船缝的钩状工具。
6. They are not all alike, these fitters, or cutters, or whatever they are. Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar.
   这些裁缝也各不相同，不论是试衣匠还是剪裁师，或是其他什么人。造船工匠用麻丝和沥青填塞木船缝隙，使之不渗水。

noun

1. loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes