Acorn

GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

Acorn savings bark, abandoned for another day

• n.橡实, 橡子
• ［英］ n.橡实, 橡子 ( an oak nut)
• ［记］ a+corn ( 谷物) -> 一个谷物 -> 橡实

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English akern, from Old English æcern; akin to Middle High German ackeran acorns collectively, Old Irish áirne sloe, Lithuanian uoga berry
• Date: before 12th century
• the nut of the oak usually seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule of indurated bracts

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