AMONG snobs and sommeliers, nothing can compete with wine in a glass bottle sealed with a cork stopper.

对于自命不凡的品酒者和斟酒服务员而言，带有软木塞的瓶装葡萄酒是无与伦比的。

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An object, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; a stopper.

塞子；栓子：用来填紧洞孔的物体，如软木塞或一团布；塞子。

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Something made of cork, especially a bottle stopper.

软木塞砰的一声拔开。

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As Mr. de Jesus notes, every cork stopper contains a remarkable 800 million cells.

WSJ: Cork's Popping Potential

The fact of the matter is that demand for wine in bottles (as opposed to wine in bags) is growing faster than the supply of properly prepared cork, so there is actually plenty of room in the market for different types of stopper.

ECONOMIST: Plastic wine stoppers