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oak
[ ohk ]
noun
- any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- the hard, durable wood of an oak tree, used in making furniture and in construction.
- Archaic. the leaves of an oak tree, especially as worn in a chaplet.
adjective
- pertaining to or made of oak:
an antique oak desk;
heavy oak doors with double locks.
oak
/ 蓹蕣办 /
noun
- any deciduous or evergreen tree or shrub of the fagaceous genus Quercus, having acorns as fruits and lobed leaves See also holm oak cork oak red oak Turkey oak durmast quercine
- the wood of any of these trees, used esp as building timber and for making furniture
- ( as modifier )
an oak table
- any of various trees that resemble the oak, such as the poison oak, silky oak, and Jerusalem oak
- anything made of oak, esp a heavy outer door to a set of rooms in an Oxford or Cambridge college
- to shut this door as a sign one does not want visitors
- the leaves of an oak tree, worn as a garland
- the dark brownish colour of oak wood
- any of various species of casuarina, such as desert oak, swamp oak, or she-oak
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辞补办路濒颈办别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of oak1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of oak1
Idioms and Phrases
- sport one's oak, British. (of a university student) to indicate that one is not at home to visitors by closing the outer door of one's lodgings.
Example Sentences
One of the proposed designs uses an oak tree to represent Queen Elizabeth's strength and resilience.
Meanwhile, the RHS says species of oak and ash tree could be more adaptable to withstand extreme changes in the seasons.
It has been trying to restore the woodlands by introducing downy birch, sessile oak, hazel, willow, aspen and alder as well as endangered tree species such as Arran whitebeam.
Traditionally, the Pope's remains would have been enclosed the day before the funeral in three nested coffins, made of cypress, lead, and oak.
The coffins used for previous papal burials consisted of three nesting coffins made of cypress, lead and oak - but Pope Francis asked to be buried in a simple wooden casket.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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