acorn

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a·corn /ˈeɪkɔːn $ -ɔːrn, -ərn/ noun [countable]  HBPthe nut of the oak tree 橡实，橡子 →5 see picture at 见图 tree

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acorn• Cornelius observed that the wooden bobbin dangling on a string from the window blind was the shape of an acorn.• Do you think the sky is falling when an acorn falls?• An acorn is tiny compared to its parent, but a kiwi lays an egg a quarter her own weight.• The absurd idea, he wrote, that a work of art grows from nothing into something, from acorn into oak.• May acorns fall from an oak.• The vessel was probably used to store acorns or water, Ver Planck said.• Here in the 1844 the Wellington Monument was erected which tells the story of the acorns.• The acorns should be picked from trees, not the ground.From Longman Business DictionaryACORNACORN /ˈeɪkɔːn-ɔːrn, -ərn/ nounMARKETING A Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods; a system in Britain of putting areas of the country into different classes according to the incomes of the people who live therethe five local authorities with the worst housing conditions under the ACORN schemeOrigin acorn Old English æcern

a·corn nounChineseSyllable  

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acorn
a‧corn /ˈeɪkɔːn $ -ɔːrn, -ərn/ noun [countable]the nut of the oak tree

acornBrE /ˈeɪkɔːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈeɪkɔːrn/ 🔊 noun

the small brown nut of the oak tree, that grows in a base shaped like a cup 橡子；橡实●great/tall ˌoaks from little acorns ˈgrow(saying) something large and successful often begins in a very small way 参天橡树长自小小橡实；合抱之树，生于毫末