| 单词 | acorn cup |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacorn cup acorn cup n. the rough cup-shaped involucre in which the acorn grows. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > acorn or cup of an acorn acorneOE acorn cup1544 gland1631 pignut1711 wrapper1718 thimble1873 1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) sig. f.iiiiv Take sorel seed and the kernelles of greate raysyns dryed, ackorne cuppes, and the seed of whyte popye. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 31 All their Elues, for feare, Creepe into acorne cups, and hide them there. View more context for this quotation 1745 J. T. Needham Acct. New Microsc. Discov. 22 Their shape..when they are extended resembles nearly that of an acorn-cup. 1836 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) I. 412 She sent him forth to gather up Great Ganges in an acorn-cup. 1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman i. i. 6 Death, not unlovely, appeared in leaf-drift and touch-wood, in acorn cups..and hollow hazel-nuts. 2004 Independent 5 Oct. 30/2 Britain's true natural forest heritage is..oak; pedunculate oak (acorn cups with stalks) and sessile oak (stalkless acorns) here in the West. < as lemmas |
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