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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- acorn
['eɪkɔːn]
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noun
[c]
橡果
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- acorn
['ekɚn]
['eɪkɔːn]
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1.
noun
[Botany]
槲果,橡实,橡子
Collins English-English Dictionary
- acorn
['eɪkɔːn]
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n
the fruit of an oak tree, consisting of a smooth thick-walled nut in a woody scaly cuplike base
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n
[Etymology]
C16: a variant (through influence of corn) of Old English æcern the fruit of a tree, acorn; related to Gothic akran fruit, yield
Examples
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The greatest oak still has to grow from a tiny acorn.
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最高大的橡树也是从小小的种子生长而成。
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The oak is implicit in the acorn.
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橡树内含在橡果中。
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每年妈妈都把收获的橡子做成橡子面。
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My mother uses the acorn harvested to make acorn flour.
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今年冬天,我们家就靠橡子面生活。
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We will live on acorn noodles for the winter this year.
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