| [/əuk; ok/] n 用法:
1 (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. 用法:
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）. 用法:
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. |