acorn: [OE] Acorn has no etymological connection with oak; its nearest linguistic relative in English is probably acre. The Old English word was æcern, which may well have derived from æcer ‘open land’ (the related Middle High German ackeran referred to beech mast as well as acorns, and Gothic akran developed more widely still, to mean simply ‘fruit’).
There are cognate words in other, non- Germanic, Indo-European languages, such as Russian yagoda ‘berry’ and Welsh aeron ‘fruits’. Left to develop on its own, æcern would have become modern English achern, but the accidental similarity of oak and corn have combined to reroute its pronunciation. => acre
acorn (n.)
Old English æcern "nut," common Germanic (cognates: Old Norse akarn, Dutch aker, Low German ecker "acorn," German Ecker, Gothic akran "fruit"), originally the mast of any forest tree, and ultimately related (via notion of "fruit of the open or unenclosed land") to Old English æcer "open land," Gothic akrs "field," Old French aigrun "fruits and vegetables" (from Frankish or some other Germanic source); see acre.
The sense gradually restricted in Low German, Scandinavian, and English to the most important of the forest produce for feeding swine, the mast of the oak tree. Spelling changed 15c.-16c. by folk etymology association with oak (Old English ac) and corn (n.1).
acorn 英文释义
1. fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
acorn 双语例句
1. The oak is implicit in the acorn.
橡树孕育于橡子之中.
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2. The tree grew from a small acorn.
橡树从一粒小橡子生长而来.
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3. To see the problem here more clearly, let's look at a different biological system, say, an acorn.
为更清晰地理解此处的问题，我们来看一种不同的生物系统，比如说，橡子。
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4. How could you mistake a stop sign for an acorn?
你怎么能把停止牌错当成橡树果?
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5. We will live on acorn noodles for the winter this year.
今年冬天,我们家就靠橡子面生活.
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acorn 实用场景例句
An acorn grows into an oak.
橡子可成长成橡树.
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Every oak must be an acorn.
要干大事,先干小事.
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The acorn ripens and the hickory nut matures.
橡子熟了,山桃黄了.
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The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
合抱之木,生于毫米.
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We will live on acorn noodles for the winter this year.
今年冬天,我们家就靠橡子面生活.
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Currently we are seeking investments for our $ 100 , 000,000 Acorn Ventures VI Fund in 2004.
目前我们在为2004年建立的第四个1亿美金的基金寻找投资.
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We watched the bird an acorn.
我们看着鸟摘下一只橡树果.
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Every oak has been an acorn.
千里之行,始于足下.由小到大.
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The greatest oak still has to grow from a tiny acorn.
最高大的橡树也是从小小的种子生长而成.
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Large stream from little fountain flows ; tall oak from little acorn grows.
汪洋洪流来自细泉; 参天橡树生自橡实.
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Serving Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Baked Acorn Squash will bring them back to earth.
不过加入大蒜的马铃薯泥和烘烤的南瓜说不定能将他们拉回餐桌哦.
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The oak is implicit in the acorn.
橡树孕育于橡子之中.
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First an acorn; then an oak tree forest.
先有一颗橡子, 然后有了一片橡树森林.
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The scampery , skippity squirrel said it was shaped a bit like an acorn.
松鼠说, 这是形状像一个橡子.
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Along came a meadow mouse, no bigger than an acorn.
抑制小仓鼠也来了, 它比橡栗一般大小.
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For instance Acorn, is also from finance to acquisitions and to IPO, with the way down.
再比如橡果, 其实也是从融资到并购再到IPO, 一路跟下来.
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My mother uses the acorn harvested to make acorn flour.
每年妈妈都把收获的橡子做成橡子面.
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How could you mistake a stop sign for an acorn?
你怎么能把停止牌错当成橡树果?
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Every oak must have Been an acorn.
凡橡树必曾是橡实.
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The acorn ripens and hickory nut matures.
橡子和山胡桃成熟了.
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The tree grew from a small acorn.
橡树从一粒小橡子生长而来.
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In this third film in the franchise , Scrat is still chasing his acorn hilarious results.
这部冰原系列电影第三集中, 鼠奎特还是一直追着橡实跑,每次结果都令人捧腹大笑.
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Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks form little acorn grow.
许多伟人曾经是贫苦 、 不足轻重的小孩. 好汉不怕出生贱.
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Every ask must be an acorn.
每棵橡树都曾是一料橡头;万丈楼平地起.
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The acorn struck Birdsong's nose and bounced off.
像子击中了伯德桑的鼻子,又弹了开去.
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Great oak from little acorn grow.
大橡树生于小橡实.
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Every oak must be an acorn ['eikorn ].
每棵橡树都曾是一粒 橡 子.
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To see the problem here more clearly, let's look at a different biological system, say, an acorn.
