1837, slang, something that "settles" a debate, discussion, conflict, etc.; hence "something astonishing" (1880s). Probably an agent noun from cork (v.) on the notion is of putting a cork in a bottle as an act of finality.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Howard Wilkinson has come up with an absolute corker of an idea.
霍華德·威爾金森想出了一個(gè)絕佳的主意。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He lambasted his white opponent , Bob Corker , for allegedly employing illegal aliens.