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。

youdao

My boyfriend uncorked a bottle of wine, and as I heard the cork pop, I turned to the man I had been dating for over a year.

我的男朋友开了一瓶红酒，听到拔出软木塞的声音时，我转向了跟我约会了一年多的这个男人。

youdao

By the way, presenting the diner with the cork dates back to the days before bottle labels, when there was no proof a wine was actually made by the winery it was attributed to.

顺便说一下，给客人看木塞可以追溯到酒标出现之前的年代，因为那时没有方法能证明酒真的是那个酒厂生产的。

youdao

Instead of bulging at one end when squeezed at the other, cork distributes the load and so narrows across its length which is why a cork is easy to push back into a bottle.

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