| 词汇 | oak |
| 释义 | oak noun[ C or U ] uk /əʊk/ us /oʊk/ B2 a large tree that is common in northern parts of the world, or the hard wood of this tree: 橡树，栎树;橡木，栎木 a mighty oak巨大的橡树 The timbers of those old sailing ships were mostly oak.制造那些老帆船的木料主要是橡木。 an oak table/cupboard橡木桌／橱 See also red oak cork oak LucasFotoArt/Moment/GettyImages The brandy is aged in oak barrels for ten years. They found shelter from the storm under a large oak tree.他们在一棵大橡树下躲避暴风雨。 The oak was two metres in girth.这棵橡树干围长两米。 The path goes through an ancient oak wood. The walls of the dining hall were panelled in oak.餐厅的墙上嵌了橡木板。 Types of wood American elm Atlantic white cedar balsa wood bark basswood black locust boxwood cork knotty lumber matchwood MDF mulga oaken paulownia piny pitch pine ponderosa pine softwood three-ply You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Deciduous trees Idiomtall/great oaks from little acorns grow oak | American Dictionaryoak noun[ C/U ] us/oʊk/ a large tree common in northern countries, or the hard wood of this tree: [ U ]The floors in their home are made from oak. Examples of oakoak Analogously, fully grown oak trees would in this way have a perfection, though of a limited kind. For example, the timber cladding is oak, left to age naturally. Some ceilings were to be plastered, others finished in oak strips with acoustic damping behind. Green oak is extremely durable and hardens over time while the cedar is soft with a surface which can be scored with a finger nail. Additionally, oak needs no treatment or subsequent preservative maintenance. Developers appear inclined to entice the buyer with a sleek kitchen and oak floor, at the expense of craftsmanship and longterm maintenance. The oak galls are collected, crushed and either boiled or infused in rainwater (or white-wine vinegar). These might include bats, newts, wild flowers and fine oaks whose existence is affected (or more likely threatened) by the building in question. A possible indication that houses were decorated comes from an oak woodcarving (190 by 16 by 4-5cms) of an anthropomorphic figure. Many individual ancient oaks are still to be found in current plantations of conifers, left simply because they were too difficult to remove. They would be good as far as oak trees go. Individual oak trees are non-repeatable, and so they produce acorns in order for there to be other oak trees after the original ones die. Green oak is used on these buildings as a conventional cladding - that is as a weathershield. The greater preponderance of small arthropods in acacias versus oaks was probably related to the small leaflet size of acacias. The tree totals exclude all trees but oaks and acacias. See all examples of oak These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withoakoakThese are words often used in combination with oak. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. ancient oak In some places ancientoak wood pasture has survived. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. carved oak A carvedoak rood screen also remains. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. heavy oak The heavyoak door bears the date 1532. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with oak |
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