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oaken

/oh-kuhn/US // ˈoʊ kən //UK // (ˈəʊkən) //

橡木,橡树,橡木的,橡木桶

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made of oak: the old oaken bucket.
    • : of or relating to the oak tree.

Examples

  • Among the Perpendicular additions to the church last named may be noted a very beautiful oaken rood-screen.

  • Of the two ladies, one was well advanced in years, but the high-backed oaken chair in which she sat was not more upright than she.

  • Frenziedly she caught at the heavy oaken table, and began to drag it across the room as Garnache had begged her.

  • The fences are fastened to heavy oaken posts only three feet apart, and these posts are sunk five feet in the ground.

  • Four oaken chairs covered with tapestry and placed around a square table were the sole furniture of the parlor.