oak n.,int.,vt. =O.K. n. 1.櫟樹,橡,?,?;櫟木,櫟葉;櫟樹嫩葉色。 2.〔英大學〕堅牢的(櫟木)大門。 3.櫟木家具[木器]。 4.〔詩〕木船。 adj. 櫟(木制的)。 an oak table 櫟木桌子。 a heart of oak 堅忍不拔的人,勇士。 Oak may fall when reeds stand the storm. 〔諺語〕樹大招風。 sports one's oak 〔英學俚〕閉門謝客。 the hearts of Oak 【英海軍】軍艦和水兵。
The Charter Oak was an unusually large white oak tree growing, from around the 12th or 13th century until it fell during a storm in 1856, on what the English colonists named Wyllys Hyll, in Hartford, Connecticut in the United States. According to tradition, Connecticut's Royal Charter of 1662 was hidden within the hollow of the tree to thwart its confiscation by the English governor-general.