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

• Every oak must have Been an acorn.
  凡橡树必曾是橡实。
• Creatures I had known from nut and acorn.
  他们还是种子时我就认识他们。
• 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。
• Prof Hopper became Acorn research director, but mindful of his university responsibilities maintained a low profile leaving the public face of the company to Mr Hauser and co-founder Chris Curry.
  霍珀教授成为Acorn研究主管，但为了顾及自己的大学本职工作，他刻意保持低调，而将代表公司公开露面的机会留给了豪泽和另一位创始人克里斯•柯里（ChrisCurry）。
• How could you mistake a stop sign for an acorn?
  你怎么能把停止牌错当成橡树果？
• If an ant finds an outstanding hole such as the inside of an acorn or a rock crevice it recruits another scout to check it out.
  如果一只蚂蚁找到了一个理想的洞穴，如：橡子内部或岩石裂隙，它就会叫来另外一个侦察蚁对洞穴进行检查。
• Whereas, by for now, the studies on physicochemical and functional characteristics of acorn starch have not been reported.
  采用曲线回归法、正交试验法和方差分析法等对橡实淀粉的漂白工艺进行了较为详细的研究。
• 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。
• But jarlway proved to be an acorn that fell on stony ground.
  但结果佳尔华成了掉在石地上的橡果。
• The tree grew from a small acorn.
  橡树从一粒小橡子生长而来。