oak
n
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(a) (also `oak-tree) [C]
type of tree with tough hard wood, common in many parts of the world 栎树; 橡树; 柞树: a forest of oaks 栎树林
[attrib 作定语]
an oak forest 栎树林. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page i.
(b) [U] wood of this tree 栎木; 橡木; 柞木
The table is (of) solid oak. 这桌子是纯粹栎木的.
[attrib 作定语]
oak panels 栎木板 * an oak table 栎木桌.
2 the Oaks [sing v]
name of a horse-race run at Epsom, near London, every year 欧克斯赛(在伦敦附近的埃普瑟姆一年一度的赛马会).
3 (idm 习语) big/tall/great/large oaks from little `acorns grow (saying 谚) great things may come from small or modest beginnings 大橡树生自小橡实; 合抱之木, 生於毫末; 大事恒自小事始.
Wait, Shylock. The law of Venice says that if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice, everything that he owns shall be taken away from him.
等一等,夏洛克。威尼斯的法律规定任何企图杀害或谋害任何威尼斯公民的人,他所有的一切必须被没收。
Maori families enjoy sharing what they own and looking after one another.
毛利人家庭喜欢共同分享他们之所有,并乐于相互关照。
Finally, India won her independence on August 15th, 1947, but Gandhi himself was shot five months later by an Indian who opposed his views.