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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

acorn ['eɪkɔːn]
  1. 1. noun [c] 橡果

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

acorn ['ekɚn] ['eɪkɔːn]
  1. 1. noun [Botany] 槲果橡实橡子

Collins English-English Dictionary

acorn ['eɪkɔːn]
  1. 1. n the fruit of an oak tree, consisting of a smooth thick-walled nut in a woody scaly cuplike base
  2. 2. 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

The greatest oak still has to grow from a tiny acorn.
最高大的橡树也是从小小的种子生长而成。
The oak is implicit in the acorn.
橡树内含在橡果中。
每年妈妈都把收获的橡子做成橡子面。
My mother uses the acorn harvested to make acorn flour.
今年冬天,我们家就靠橡子面生活。
We will live on acorn noodles for the winter this year.

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Will he also grow skin over my acorn?


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