cone

verb
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Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an apex or vertex): from French cône, via Latin from Greek kōnos.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cone
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he / she / it cones
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past simple coned
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past participle coned
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-ing form coning
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cone

noun
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  1. a solid or hollow object with a round flat base and sides that slope up to a point(实心或空心的)圆锥体
    see also conic, conicalTopics Colours and Shapesc1
  2. a solid or hollow object that is like a cone in shape (实心或空心的)圆锥形物
    • a paper cone full of popcorn装满爆玉米花的锥形纸筒
    • the cone of a volcano火山锥
    see also nose cone, snow cone
  3. (also traffic cone)
    a plastic object shaped like a cone and often red and white, or yellow in colour, used on roads to show where vehicles are not allowed to go, for example while repairs are being done锥形交通标,锥形桶,路锥(常为红白色或红黄色的塑料锥形物,表示在维修道路等时禁止车辆通行)Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
  4. (also old-fashioned cornet)
    a piece of thin dry biscuit like a cone in shape that you can put ice cream in to eat it(盛冰淇淋的)锥形蛋卷筒
    • an ice cream cone冰激凌蛋筒
  5. the hard dry fruit of a pine or fir tree(松树或冷杉的)球果
    • a pine/fir cone松树/冷杉球果
    Topics Plants and treesc2
  6. Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an apex or vertex): from French cône, via Latin from Greek kōnos.