oak
n
1
(a) (also `oak-tree) [C]
type of tree with tough hard wood, common in many parts of the world 櫟樹; 橡樹; 柞樹: a forest of oaks 櫟樹林
[attrib 作定語]
an oak forest 櫟樹林. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page i.
(b) [U] wood of this tree 櫟木; 橡木; 柞木
The table is (of) solid oak. 這桌子是純粹櫟木的.
[attrib 作定語]
oak panels 櫟木板 * an oak table 櫟木桌.
2 the Oaks [sing v]
name of a horse-race run at Epsom, near London, every year 歐克斯賽(在倫敦附近的埃普瑟姆一年一度的賽馬會).
3 (idm 習語) big/tall/great/large oaks from little `acorns grow (saying 諺) great things may come from small or modest beginnings 大橡樹生自小橡實; 合抱之木, 生於毫末; 大事恒自小事始.