live oak

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /laɪv oʊk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An evergreen species of oak characteristic of the US South, southern live oak (Quercus virginiana).
    — This was a group of white-shirted, khaki-trousered, suspendered old men who had spent their lives doing nothing and passed their twilight days doing same on pine benches under the live oaks on the square.
  2. Any of several other species of oak with evergreen, usually holly-like, leaves.

词形变化

live oaks plural live-oak alternative

词源

So called because such oaks remain green and "live" throughout winter, when others are dormant and leafless.
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