The boat bobbed like a cork on the waves: light and buoyant.

小船在大浪中犹如软木塞，轻轻漂来漂去。

《牛津词典》

Finally I managed to put my whole head into it, like a cork forced into a bottle.

最后，我设法把整个头塞了进去，就像一个软木塞被塞进瓶子里一样。

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That fellow bobs up like a cork.

那个人经过患难，东山再起。

《新英汉大辞典》

The mating song of the male has been described as beginning with a resonant rattle, continuing with a pop-like a cork being pulled from a wine bottle, followed by the pouring of a liquid out of a narrow-necked bottle and ending with the sound of knife grinding.

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Almost 2 months of frustration was released, if not like a champagne cork, certainly a reaction to a starting pistol.

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And that smooth drag comes from the graphite-impregnated cork disc, which acts like a brake pad, slowing it down without locking.

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