sport one's oak

短语

发音

UK /ˌspɔːt wʌnz ˈəʊk/
AU
US /ˌspoɹt wʌnz ˈoʊk/

词形变化

sported one's oak sporting one's oak sports one's oak 三单 sports one's oak sporting one's oak 现在分词 sported one's oak 过去式 sported one's oak 过去分词

别名

sport the oak

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To close one's door (originally the outer door of one's set of rooms in a college) as an indication that visitors are not welcome.

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词源

From sport (“(archaic) to close or shut (a door)”) and oak (“outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college (especially of the University of Cambridge or University of Oxford) or similar institution, especially one made of oak wood”). Compare French trouver visage de bois (“to find no one at home”, literally “to find a wooden face (that is, the door)”).

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