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cockle

noun
🔊/ˈkɒkl/
🔊/ˈkɑːkl/
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  1. a small shellfish that can be eaten鸟蛤（可食用的有壳小水生动物）Topics Fish and shellfishc2
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coquille ‘shell’, based on Greek konkhulion, from konkhē ‘conch’.
Idioms
warm the cockles (of somebody’s heart)
  1. (British English) to make somebody feel happy or sympathetic使人内心感到高兴（或同情）
    • Doesn’t that story just warm the cockles of your heart?这个故事不是只是温暖你心中的公鸡吗？