acorn

英 [ˈeɪkɔːn]

美 [ˈeɪkɔːrn]

n.  橡子; 橡实

复数：acorns　

GRE机械

BNC.12485 / COCA.15397

习惯用语

n.

great/tall oaks from little acorns grow
• 参天橡树长自小小橡实；合抱之树，生于毫末
  something large and successful often begins in a very small way

柯林斯词典

• 橡（树果）实；橡子
  Anacornis a pale oval nut that is the fruit of an oak tree.

英英释义

noun

• fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base

双语例句

• They no longer had to go around an acorn;
  他们不再绕着橡果走，甚至还能跳过松球哩。
• An acorn grows into an oak.
  橡子可成长成橡树。
• It is like the acorn of an oak tree.
  其就像一颗橡树的橡果。
• The acorn struck Birdsong's nose and bounced off.
  橡子击中了伯德桑的鼻子，又弹了开去。
• The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg;
  橡树在橡果内沉睡，小鸟在鸟蛋中等待；
• "You owe me a new acorn."
  你欠我一个橡树子
• Every oak must have Been an acorn.
  凡橡树必曾是橡实。
• You've been ashamed since the acorn thing.
  自打橡子事件以后，你就一直因为我而感到羞耻。
• The acorn ripens and the hickory nut matures.
  橡子熟了，山桃黄了。
• A type of winter squash shaped somewhat like an acorn and having longitudinal ridges, a variously colored rind, and yellow to orange flesh.
  一种橡实形状的冬季南瓜，有长条形隆起，不同颜色的外皮，和介于黄色及橙色之间的果肉。